Excerpt from Medulla Poetarum Romanorum, or the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets, Vol. 2: Being a Collection, Disposed Under Proper Heads, of Such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as May Best Serve to Shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients Owever great, whoe'er you are, That Earth's imperial Scepters bear, Tho' thoufands in your Palace wait, And crowd your hundred Rooms of Of all the Slaves that cringe around, Saree ev'n in one can Truth be found. The F uric: in proud Domes refide, And thro' the Doors extended wide Steal covert F rand, and cautious Guile, The dark Defign, the n'each'rous Smile, And Dagger hid - ih Publick go, Envy attends the pompous Show Each Night outliv'd, each rifing Morn, To Life renew'd, the Prince is born. How few that wait around the Throne, It's Welfare feek, and not their own! What Numbers to the Courts of Kings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.