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188 From Rome to Naples.

He now had conquer'd Anxur's steep
Ascent,
And to Pontina's wat'ry Marshes went,
A long Canal the muddy Fenn di-
vides,
And with a clear unsully'd Current
glides;
Diana's woody Realms he next In-
vades,
And crossing through the consecrated
Shades
Ascends high Alba, whence with new
Delight
He sees the City rising to his Sight.

In my way to Naples I cross'd the
Two most considerable Rivers of the
Campania Felice, that were formerly
call'd the Liris and Vulturnus, and are
at present the Garigliano and Vulturno.
The First of these Rivers has been de-
servedly celebrated by the Latin Poets
for the Gentleness of its Course, as
the other for its Rapidity and Noise.

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