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 When satisfy'd —then told, some hundred ton Would be consum'd that day, ere setting sun, In alone,—amaz'd  stood, And ev'ry pile, with admiration, view'd.

They next, attracted by the vivid gleams, Saw disolve in liquid streams, And stubborn expand, and smelting, flow By strength of Calefaction, from below.

To see the then, the Gods repair, Nor wonder'd les at what they met with there, To find it was in any mortal's pow'r, TO, and , twelve thousand Pins an hour; And fifty thousand Heads their shapes acquire, In half that time, spun round elastic wire.

The different, they next review, And seem'd well pleas'd with sights so rare and new : The various they saw rich hues impart, Asuming different shapes, by skilful art; And beauteous metals polish'd charms display, In radiant colours, rang'd in fair array;