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Oh may some spark of your celestial fire, The last, the meanest of your sons inspire, (That, on weak wings, from far pursues your flights, Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes), To teach vain wits a science little known, To admire superior sense, and doubt their own! O MAY SOME SPARKS OF OUR CELTIAL FIRE THE LAST THE MEANEST OF YOUR SONS INSPIRE THAT ON WEAK WINGS FROM FAR PURS YOUR FLIGHTS GLOWS WHILE HE READS BUT TREMBLES AS HE WRITES TO TEACH VAIN WITS A SCIENCE LITTLE KNOWN TO ADMIRE YOUR SUPERIOR SENSE AND DOUBT THEIR OWN
d too near, Which, but proportioned to their light, or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. A prudent chief not always must display His powers in equal ranks and fair array, But with the occasion and the place comply. Conceal his force, nay, seem sometimes to fly. Those oft are stratagems which errors seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. [180] Still green with bays each ancient altar stands, Above the reach of sacrilegious hands, Secure from flames, from envy's fiercer rage, [183] Destructive war, and all-involving age. See, from each clime the learned their incense bring; Hear, in all tongues consenting Paeans ring! In praise so just let every voice be joined, And fill the general chorus of mankind. Hail! bards triumphant! born in happier days; Immortal heirs of universal praise! Whose honors with increase of ages grow, As streams roll down, enlarging as they flow; Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound, [193] And worlds applaud that must not yet be found! MONSTERS AND MISSHOPS APPEAR CONSIDERED SINGLY OR BE HELD TOO NEAR WHICH PROPORTION TO THE ALIGHT OR PLACE DUE DISTANCE RECONCILES TO FORM AND GRACE A PRUDENT CHIEF NOT ALWAYS MUST DISPLAY HIS POWERS IN EQUAL RANKS AND FAIR ARRAY BUT WITH THE OCCASION AND THE PLACE COMPLY CONCEAL HIS FORCE NE'ER SEEM SOMETIMES TO FLY THOSE OFT ASTAGAGERMS WHICH ERRORS SEEM NOR EASE IT HUMOURS NOT BUT WE THAT DREAM STILL GREEN WE'VE BAYS EACH ANCIENT ALTAR STANDS ABOVE THE REACH OF CIRCULAGENEOUS HANDS SECURE FROM FLAMES FROM ENVIOUS FURIOUS RAGE DESTRUCTIVE WOE AND ALL INVOLVING AGE SEE FROM EACH CLIMB THE LEARNED THE ELICENSED SPRING HERE IN ALL TONGUES CONSENTING PEERING RING IN PRAISE SO JUST LET EVERY VOICE BE JOINED AND FILL THE GENERAL CHORUS OF MANKIND HAIL BART TRIUMPHANT BURNT IN HAPPIER DAYS IMMALTER HEIRS OF UNIVERSAL PRAISE WHOSE HONORS WITH INCREASE OF AGE GROW AS STREAMS ROLL DOWN AND LAGINOUS THEY FLOW NATIONS UNBORNE WITH MIGHTINESS ARE SOUND AND WALLED A PLOT THAT MUST NOT YET BE FOUND
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