Letters Concerning Poetical Translations - And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by William Benson
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"_Urbs antiqua fuit, Tyrii tenuere coloni Carthago, Italiam contra, Tiberinaque longe Ostia, dives opum, studiisque asperrima belli,_ Dr. _Trapp_, "Fronting th' _Italian_ Coast, and _Tyber_'s Mouth, Tho' far remote, an ancient City stood. _Carthage_ its Name, a Colony of _Tyre_, Mighty in Wealth, and rough in study'd War, Mr. _Pit_, "Against th' _Italian_ Coast, of ancient Fame, A City rose, and _Carthage_ was the Name; A _Tyrian_ Colony: From _Tyber_ far, Rich, rough, and brave, and exercis'd in War, Again, "_Hoc metuens, molemque & montis insuper altos Imposuit, regemque dedit, qui foedere certo Et premere, & laxas sciret dare jussus habenas,_ Dr. _Trapp_, "But fearing this, the Sovereign of the Gods Pent them in gloomy Caves, and o'er them threw |
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