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The _first Roman Emperor_, whose forty years sway,
His people with pleasure, could always obey.
The _General_, whom C├Žsar contrived to annoy.
And occasion his army in terror to fly,
By desiring his soldiers, their faces to wound,
Which soon made the combatants vacate the ground.
That _Roman_, whose firmness no sufferings could move,
Tho' destin'd the cruellest torments to prove.
The name of that _Horse_, whose vile master did say,
He wish'd he all Romans, could kill in a day.
The fair Roman _Matron_, whose cause to espouse,
The long smother'd spirit of Brutus did rouse.
These names plac'd aright, the first letters will tell,
A month in the year, most people love well.