THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY 39 



A POEM 



INSCRIBED TO THE DUBLIN SOCIETY 



Hanc ohm veteres -vitam coluere Sabini ; 



Hanc Remus, et frater. Sifortis Etmria crevit : 



Scilicet et rerumjacta est pulcherrima Roma. 



VIRGIL. 



BY MR. ARBUCKLE 



DUBLIN. Printed by R. REILLY for GEORGE EWING at the 

 Angel and Bible in Dame St. MDCCXXXVII. 



The verses are as follows : 



When Rome was rising into Pow'r and Fame, 

 And all the wondering World revered her Name, 

 Her generous sons, the Boast of Human Race, 

 Thought Pleasure criminal, and Ease Disgrace. 

 The highest joy a Roman Soul could move, 

 Was to defend their Country^ or improve. 



Equally pleased, in Intervals of War, 



To hold the Plough, as grace the Victor Car, 



They deemed their work with Conquest but begun, 



And tilled the Provinces their Arms had won. 



Rightly they estimated Things, and knew, 



To cultivate was more than to subdue. 



