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42 Why sounds not mine harmonious as thy own, When all the virgin-deities above With Venus and with Juno move In concert round thy list'ning father's throne?

Thee too, protectress of my lays, Elate with whose majestic call Above the soft Italian's praise, Above the slavish wreaths of Gaul, I dare from impious thrones reclaim, And wanton sloth's luxurious charms, The honours of a poet's name To author:Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683) wisdom, or to arms, Thee, Freedom, I rejoin, and bless thy genuine flame,

Great citizen of Albion! Thee Heroic Valour still attends, And useful Science pleas'd to see How Art her studious toil extends. While