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xviii In the firſt trials which are made for fame, Thoſe to whom Fate ſucceſs denies, If, taking counſel from their ſhame, They modeſtly retreat, are wiſe: But why ſhould you, who ſtill ſucceed, Whether with graceful art you lead The fiery barb, or with as graceful motion tread In ſhining balls, where all agree To give the higheſt praiſe to thee? Such harmony in ev’ry motion ’s found As art could ne’er expreſs by any ſound.

So lov’d and prais’d, whom all admire, Why, why ſhould you from courts and camps retire? Is Mira is unkind, if it can be That any nymph can be unkind to thee, Is, penſive made by love, you thus retire, Awake your Muſe, and ſtring your lyre; Your tender ſong and your melodious ſtrain Can never be addreſs’d in vain; She needs muſt love, and we ſhall have you back again.