But still the immortal writings ’tis for me,
Of Livy, Tacitus, Cicero, to see;
I see Lucretius, Pliny, Juvenal,
Augustus, Maro and Mæcenas all;
With their names is the soul exalted high,
Heroic worth and honour to descry;
And so much more that model imitates
A nation now, so much more to be gain’d,
Is seen it but to approach the lofty heights
Of splendour, wealth, fame, power, that Rome attain’d.