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Secure, beneath the shade of early rays, He dar'd the thunder of great Homer's lays,A sacred heat inform'd his heaving breast,And Homer, in his genius, stood confest;To heights sublime he rous'd the pond'rous lyre,And our cold isle grew warm with Grecian fire.
Wit, ease, and life, in Prior blended flow,Polite as Granville, soft as moving Rowe:Granville! whose lays unnumber'd charms adorn,Serene and sprightly as the opening morn: Rowe! who the way to ev'ry passion knew,And from our eyes call'd forth the kindly dew;Still shall his gentle Muse our souls command,Still our touch'd hearts avow his artful hand.

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