Social Commentaries
Epigram 96. Of Venice, Translated out of Sannazarius
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
Viderat Adriacis Venctam Neptunus in undis
Stare urbem, & toti ponere jura mari:
Nunc mihi Tarpejas quantum vis, Jupiter, arces
Obice, & illa tui maenia Martis, ait
Si pelago Tibrim praefers, urbem aspice utram que
Illam homines dices, hanc posuisse Deos.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 96. Of Venice, Translated out of Sannazarius.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/140/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 96. Of Venice, Translated out of Sannazarius.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/140/.
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