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Oh! Queen, indulged by Jove, these lofty Tow’rs
And this proud Town to raise on Lybian Shores,
With high Commands, a savage Race to awe,
And to the barb’rous Natives give the Law,
We wretched Trojans, an abandon’d Race,705
Tost round the Seas, implore your royal Grace;
Oh! check your Subjects, and their Rage reclaim,
E’er their wild Fury wrap our Fleet in Flame.
Oh! save a pious Race; regard our Cry;
And view our Anguish with a melting Eye.710
We come not, mighty Queen, an hostile Band,
With Sword and Fire, and, ravaging the Land,
To bear your Spoils triumphant to the Shore:
No——to such Thoughts the vanquish’d dare not soar.
Once by Oenotrians till’d, there lies a Place,715
’Twas call’d Hesperia by the Grecian Race,
(For martial Deeds, and Fruits, renown’d by Fame)
But since, Italia, from the Leader’s Name;