Aeneas built, in days of yore,
Lavinium on the Latin shore;
And Alba Longa's power was feared
Until the walls of Rome appeared,
By Romulus at length upreared.
The tribes that dwelt there first were these:
The Ramnes, Tities, Luceres.
When Romulus had left this earth,
Wise Numa reigned, of Sabine birth,
Who temples built, and pontiffs chose.
But Tullus combated his foes:
Three brothers with three brothers vie --
Horatii, Curiatii.
And Ancus made the Ostian port,
Sublician bridge, and many a fort.
The verse is attributed to Edward B. Goodwin who wrote around 1875. There is some indication that this may be part of a larger work. If anyone knows where we can find more, please let me know. I'll start looking on this end...
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The verse is from his book 'Roman History in Rhyme', now long out of print sadly...
The poets of Augustan Age
Whose genius shines on many a page
Are all so widely known to fame
I scrace need mention them by name.
Virgil and Horace foremost stand
To whom Maecenas lent a hand
Tibullus showed a poet's mind
Propertius was not much behind
And Ovid's works, though far from pure
As monuments of ART endure.
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