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Book 15. To thee 'tis giv'n, at length, that he shall shine Among the Gods, and grace the worship'd Shrine: His Son to all his Greatness shall be Heir, And worthily succeed to Empire's Care: Our self will lead his Wars, resolv'd to aid The brave Avenger of his Father's Shade: To him its Freedom Mutina shall owe, And Decius his auspicious Conduct know; His dreadful Powers shall shake Pharsalia's Plain, And drench in Gore Philippi's Fields again: A mighty Leader, in Sicilia's Flood, Great Pompeys warlike Son, shall be subdu'd: Ægypts soft Queen adorn'd with fatal Charms, Shall mourn her Soldier's unsuccessful Arms: Too late shall find, her swelling Hopes were vain, And know, that Rome o'er Memphis still must reign: What name I Afric or Nile's hidden Head? Far as both Oceans roll, his Power shall spread: All the known Earth to him shall Homage pay, And the Seas own his universal Sway: When cruel War no more disturbs Mankind; To civil Studies shall he bend his Mind, With equal Justice guardian Laws ordain, And by his great Example Vice restrain: Where will his Bounty or his Goodness end? To Times unborn his gen'rous Views extend; The Virtues of his Heir our Praise engage, And promise Blessings to the coming Age: Late shall he in his Kindred Orbs be placed. With Pylian Years, and crowded Honours graced. Mean time, your Hero's fleeting Spirit bear, Fresh from his Wounds, and change it to a Star: So shall great Julius Rites divine assume, And from the Skies eternal smile on Rome. This spoke; the Goddess to the Senate flew: Where, her fair Form conceal'd from mortal View, Her