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 Our Ancetors had merited in vain,

If our new teps did not their old maintain:

But as our Modern Virtue tands as high,

The preent Worthies do the pat upply;

A certain Pledge, our Name hall never dy.

And now with Jut regard let's view the Fair,

Beauty can make no Breach of Union here;

Th' Equalities agree on either hand,

The Ladies no equivalent demand;

Nor will their Virtue be exhauted here,

But till the Sex their jut Proportions bear:

Blet Mixture, equally Devout and Gay,

For Virtue only can both mile and pray.

No Scale of calculated Right will ly

Betwixt the Quantity and Quality;

England indeed the larger Roll may claim,

And Englih Beauty will preerve her Name;

But thee the Merit equally divide,

Have all their Beauty, only want their Pride.

And now to Wonders turn your litning Ear,

Viit the Commonwealth of Learning here;

See how Apollo's Nur'ry thrives, and how

Wit blooms in pight of Climat, Storms and Snow;

The Mues all laborious and evere,

Are Gard'ners bred, and work like Hores here;