Babel was Nimrod’s hunting-box, and then
A town of gardens, walls, and wealth amazing,
Where Nabuchadonosor, King of men,
Reigned, till one summer’s day he took to grazing,
And Daniel tamed the lions in their den,
The people’s awe and admiration raising;
’Twas famous, too, for Thisbe and for Pyramus,
And the calumniated queen Semiramis—