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62 Ye whom the verdant wreath six times decreed,

Again encircles with the victor's meed.

And even the dead will joy to share

This tribute of the poet's care:

Since the bright actions of the just

Survive unburied in the kindred dust.

There let Iphion's tongue proclaim

Callimachus, to charm thine ear,

The tale which Hermes' daughter, Fame,

Gave him, while yet on earth, to hear.

That Jove once more had deigned to grace

With Pisa's crown their favour'd race.

His blessings may he still impart,

And ward disease's bitter dart!

Forbear amid the happy state

Discordant Nemesis to throw,

But give secure their life to flow,

And crown their country's prosperous fate.