4. On Nerva's Third Consulship
HOME-GODS , whom great Aeneas saved of old,
Leaving his wealth when Troy was all afire,
And Jove, now imaged in eternal gold,
Thou child, thou sister of the heavenly sire,
And Janus too, fulfil my heart's desire—
Preserve unchanged the prince thou hast enrolled
Thrice on thy page—and let the Senate be
In following Nerva, perfect e'en as he.
Leaving his wealth when Troy was all afire,
And Jove, now imaged in eternal gold,
Thou child, thou sister of the heavenly sire,
And Janus too, fulfil my heart's desire—
Preserve unchanged the prince thou hast enrolled
Thrice on thy page—and let the Senate be
In following Nerva, perfect e'en as he.
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