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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 2 (search)
2. the Roman Twins. by A. J. H. Duganne. 'Twas told by Roman soothsayers, What time they read the stars, That Romulus and Remus Sprang from the loins of Mars: That Romulus and Remus Were twin-born on the earth, And in the lap of a she-wolf Were suckled from their birth. By Heaven! I think this legend-- This ancient Roman myth-- For mine own time, and mine own clime, Is full of pregnant pith. Romulus stood with Remus, And plowed the Latian loam, And traced, by yellow Tiber, The nascent walls of Rome; Then laughed the dark twin, Remus, And scoffed his brother's toil, And over the bounds of Romulus He leaped upon his soil. By Heaven! I think that Remus And Romulus at bay, Of Slavery's strife and Liberty's life Were antetypes that day! The sucklings of the she-wolf Stood face to face in wrath, And Romulus swept Remus Like stubble from his path; Then crested he with temples The Seven Hills of his home, And builded there, by Tiber, The eternal walls of Rome! By Heaven! I think this leg