The _first Roman Emperor_, whose forty years sway, His people with pleasure, could always obey. The _General_, whom Cæsar 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. A. R. [Illustration] [Pisces] The fickle _Goddess_, false and blind, To some profuse, to more unkind: The _Shepherd_, who on Latmos height, Was courted by the Queen of night; The _Maid_, for whom Achilles swore, He'd aid the Grecian cause no more: _Jove's mother_ name, and _Saturn's wife_, Who fled to save her infant life: _He_, who when feigning madness try'd, With care to turn the plough aside, Nor o'er that furrow bend its way, Where he beheld his infant lay. The _Queen_, whom Jove with love assail'd, And in the husband's form prevail'd; The _King_, whose horses Diomed, And grave Ulysses captive led; And now conclude with that _blest time_, We should enjoy, while in its prime. So place the initials, and they'll say, A month, not quite so warm as May. A. R. [Scorpio] I would have you that great _University_ name, From whence many good scholars, have risen to fame; Then _where William the Conqueror_, rested in peace, And all his vexations in this world, did cease; Then tell me the _River_, on whose verdant sides, The noble, the merchant, the trader resides, Whose opulent stream wild meandring flows, Well laden with riches, to proud London goes: Then _where_, the best medicine is to be had, For those who are bitten, by dogs raving mad. The fam'd _Wells_ in Derbyshire, which we are told, Tho' close by each other, are one hot, t'other cold: That _commotion_, which troubles the bowels of earth And causes confusion, when 'ere it bursts forth; Then a _place_ name in Berkshire, where Henry the first Lays quietly resting, that Fates done her worst. Join the first letters together, and soon they will make A month, when its pleasant a ramble to take. A. R. [Gemini]