Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome 2 (Translated From Milton)

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Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more
  The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore,
That, when Parthenope deceas'd, she gave
  Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic grave,
For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse
  Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course,
Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains,
  Of magic song both Gods and Men detains.

© William Cowper