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Rh :Miverva naked, from above, With Venus, and the Wife of Jove, Exposing ev'ry Beauty bare, Descended to the Trojan Heir; Yet this was she whom Poets name Goddess of Chastity and Fame.


 * Penelope, her Lord away,

Gave am'rous Audiences all Day; Now round the Bowl the Suitors sit, With Wine provoking Mirth and Wit: Then down they take the stubborn Bow; Their Strength, it seems, she needs must know: Thus twenty chearful Winters past, She's yet immortaliz'd for chaste.


 * Smile Myra then, reward my Flame,

And be as much secure of Fame: By all those matchless Beauties fir'd, By my own matchless Love inspir'd, So will I sing, such Wonders write, That when th' astonish'd World shall cite A Nymph of spotless Worth and Fame, Myra shall be th' immortal Name.



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