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4 The Triumph ceas'd—Tears gush'd from ev'ry Eye, The World's great Victor pass'd unheeded by; Her last good Man dejected Rome ador'd, And honoured Cesars less than Catos Sword.
 * Britons attend: Be worth like this approv'd,

And shew you have the Virtue to be mov'd. With honest Scorn the first fam'd Cato view'd Rome learning Arts from Greece, whom she subdu'd: Our Scene precariously subsists too long On French Translation and Italian Song. Dare to have Sense yourselves; assert the Stage, Be justly warm'd with your own Native Rage, Such Plays alone should please a British Ear, As Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.

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