Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Jupiter Ammon.
Now to the sacred Temple they draw near,Whose only Altars Lybian Lands revere:
There, but unlike the Jove by Rome ador'd,
A Form uncouth, stands Heav'n's Almighty Lord.
No regal Ensigns grace his potent Hand,
Nor shakes he there the Light'nings flaming Brand:
But, ruder to behold, a horned Ram
Appears the God, and Ammon is his Name.
There tho' he reigns, unrival'd, and alone,
O'er the rich Neighbours of the Torrid Zone:
Tho' Ethiopia is by him possess'd,
India the rich, and Araby the blest,
Yet no proud Domes are rais'd, no Gems are seen,
To blaze upon his Shrines with costly Sheen:
But plain, and poor, and unprophan'd he stood,
Such as, to whom our great Fore-fathers bow'd:
A God of pious Times, and Days of old,
That keeps his Temple safe from Roman Gold.—
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