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Letters Concerning Poetical Translations - And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by William Benson
page 75 of 91 (82%)
Again,

"_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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