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Title: Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846
The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific,
Mechanical and Other Improvements

Author: Various

Editor: Rufus Porter

Release Date: July 14, 2009 [EBook #29411]

Language: English

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THE NEW YORK
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:

_Published Weekly at 128 Fulton Street,
(Sun Building,) New York._

BY MUNN & COMPANY.

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RUFUS PORTER, EDITOR.

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TERMS.--$2 a year--$1 in advance, and the remainder in 6 months.

[Illustration: hand pointing right] _See Advertisement on last page._

=The New Roman Road.=

[The present Pope has given his consent to build railroads in his
dominions, which the former Pope was averse to. The following lines
are predicated on his consent.]

Ancient Romans, ancient Romans--
Cato, Scipio Africanus,
Ye whose fame's eclips'd by no man's,
Publius AEmilianus,
Sylla, Marius, Pompey, Caesar,
Fabius, dilatory teaser,
Coriolanus, and ye Gracchi
Who gave so many a foe a black eye,
Antony, Lepidus, and Crassus;
And you, ye votaries of Parnassus,
Virgil, and Horace, and Tibullus,
Terence and Juvenal, Catullus,
Martial, and all ye wits beside,
On Pegasus expert to ride;
Numa, good king, surnamed Pampilius,
And Tullus, eke 'yclept Hostilius--
Kings, Consuls, Imperators, Lictors,
Praetors, the whole world's former victors,
Who sleep by yellow Tiber's brink;
Ye mighty names--what d'ye think?
The Pope has sanctioned Railway Bills!
And so the lofty Aventine,
And your six other famous hills
Will soon look down upon a 'Line.'
Oh! if so be that hills could turn
Their noses up, with gesture antic,
Thus would