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50 Tibur, and Tusculum, or Virgil's Urn Green with immortal Bays, which haply Thou, Respecting his great Name, dost now approach With bended Knee, and strow with purple Flow'rs; Unmindful of Thy Friends, that ill can brook This long Delay. At length, Dear Youth, return, Of Wit, and Judgement ripe in blooming Years, And Britain's Isle with Latian Knowledge grace. Return, and let Thy Father's Worth excite Thirst of Preeminence; see! how the Cause Of Widows, and of Orphans He asserts With winning Rhetoric, and well argu'd Law! Mark well His Footsteps, and, like Him, deserve Thy Prince's Favour, and Thy Country's Love.


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