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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Piety.
Chief of the Skies, Celestial Piety!Whose Godhead, priz'd by those of heav'nly Birth,
Revisits rare these tainted Realms of Earth:
Mild, in thy milk-white Vest, to sooth my Friend,
With holy Fillets on thy Brows descend:
Such as of old (e'er chac'd by Guilt and Rage)
A Race unpolish'd, and a golden Age,
Beheld Thee frequent. Once more come below:
Mix in the sad Solemnities of Woe:
See, see, thy own Hetruscus wastes the Day
In pious Grief, and wipe his Tears away.—
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