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E'er the brave Hero rais'd, in these Abodes,
His destin'd Walls, and fix'd his wand'ring Gods.
Hence the fam'd Latian Line, and Senates come,
The Tow'rs and Triumphs of Imperial Rome.10
Say, Muse, what Causes could so far incense
Celestial Pow'rs? and what the dire Offence
That mov'd Heav'n's awful Empress to impose
On such a pious Prince a Weight of Woes,
Expos'd to Dangers, and with Toils opprest?15
Can Rage so fierce inflame an heav'nly Breast?
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.20
Which Juno far above all Realms, above
Her own dear Samos, honour'd with her Love.
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