Religion

Epigram 11: It is no wonder though Romes regall

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Sculler (1612)

Religion

It is no wonder though Romes regall sway,
Is by a Shepheard ruld with Lordly fame;
For antient records truly doth display;
How Romulus the Shepheard built the same:
And how his brother Remus and himselfe,
In Tybers ruthles waues, ydrencht and duckt,
When infant misery was all their pelfe,
A rauening wolfe, most mother-like they suckt:
From whome doth spring as from a flowing gulfe,
Romes Priest, and Prince, a Shepheard, and a Wolfe.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 11: It is no wonder though Romes regall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/16/.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 11: It is no wonder though Romes regall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/16/.

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