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Such was the muse, whose rule and practice tell "Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well." SUCH WAS THE MUSE WHOSE RULES AND PRACTICE DELL NATURE'S CHIEF MASTERPIECE IS RIGHT AND WELL
spread Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverent head Then sculpture and her sister arts revive, Stones leaped to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung, A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung [704] Immortal Vida! on whose honored brow The poets bays and critic's ivy grow Cremona now shall ever boast thy name As next in place to Mantua, next in fame! But soon by impious arms from Latium chased, Their ancient bounds the banished muses passed. Thence arts o'er all the northern world advance, But critic-learning flourished most in France, The rules a nation born to serve, obeys; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways [714] But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered and uncivilized, Fierce for the liberties of wit and bold, We still defied the Romans as of old. Yet some there were, among the sounder few Of those who less presumed and better knew, Who durst assert the juster ancient cause, And here restored wit's fundamental laws. RS WEIGH ROME'S ANCIENT GENIUS O'ER ITS RUIN SPRAYED SHAKES OFF THE DUST AND REARS HIS WEAPONS DEAD THEN SCULPTURE AND HER SISTERS ART REVIVE STONES LIT TO FORM AND ROCKS BEGAN TO LIVE WITH SWEETER NOTES EACH RISING TEMPLE WRONG A RAPHAEL PAINTED AND THE VITAL SONG IMMODEL VITRE ON WHOSE HONOUR BROW THE POET'S BAIZE AND THE CRITIC'S IVY GROW CREMONA NOW SHALL EVER BOAST THY NAME AS NEXT IN PLACE OF MANTWOR NEXT IN FAME BUT SOME BY IMPIOUS ARMS FROM LATINA CHASTE THEIR ANCIENT BOUND THEIR BANISHED MUSES PASSED TENSE ART OVERAWED NORTHERN WORLD ADVANCE BUT CRITICS LEARNING FLOURISHED MOST IN FRANCE THE RULES A NATION BORN TO SERVE OBEY AND WILS STILL RIGHT OF HOARY SWAYS BUT WE BRAVE BRITONS FOREIGN LAWS DESPISED AND KEPT UNCONQUERED AND UNCIVILIZED FIERCE FOR THE LIBERTIES OF WITH AND BOLD WE STILL DEFIED THE ROMANS AS OF OLD YET SOME THEY WERE AMONG THE SOUNDER FEW OF THOSE WHO LESS PRESUMED AND BETTER KNEW WHO DURST ASSERT THE JESTER ANCIENT CAUSE AND HERE RESTORED WIT FUNDAMENTAL LAW
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