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SANNAZAR'S HEXASTICH, by                    
First Line: In adriatic waves when neptune saw
Last Line: "you'll grant that built by men, but this by gods"


IN Adriatic waves when Neptune saw
The City stand, and give the seas a law,
"Now i' th' Tarpeian tow'rs Jove rival me,
And Mars his walls impregnable," said he;
"Let seas to Tiber yield, view both their odds,
You'll grant that built by men, but this by gods.'





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