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THE
PROGRESS
OF
POETRY.
Unequal, how shall I the search begin?Or paint with artless hand the awful scene?Thro' paths divine, with steps adventr'ous tread,And trace the Muses to their fountain-head?
Ye sacred Nine! your mighty aid impart,Assist my numbers, and enlarge my heart;
Direct