Page:The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse.djvu/410

 324 Anne Bradjlreef s Works.

This City built and Sacrifices done,

A Form of Government, he next begun;

A hundred Senators he likewife chofe,

And with the ftyle of Palres, honoured thofe,

His City to replenifh, men he wants,

Great priviledges then to all he grants;

That will within thofe ftrong built walls relide.

And this new gentle Government abide.

Of wives there was fo great a fcarcity,

They to their neighbours fue for a fupply;

But all difdain Alliance, then to make.

So Romulus was forc'd this courfe to take;

Great fliews he makes at Tilt and Turn anient,

To fee thefe fports, the Sabins all are bent.

Their daughters by the Romans then were caught,

Then to recover them a Field was fought;

But in the end, to final peace they come.

And Sabins as one people dwelt in Rome,

The Romans now more potent 'gin to grow.

And Fedinates they wholly overthrow.

But Romulus then comes unto his end.

Some feigning to the Gods '' he did afcend :

Others the feven and thirtyeth of his reign, [188]

Affirm, that by the Senate he was flain.

« taining- lay, to heav'n.

�� �