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 Finish'd the whole, and labour'd ev'ry Part, With patient Touches of unweary'd Art: The Mantuan there in sober Triumph sate, Compos'd his Posture, and his Look sedate; On Homer still he fix'd a reverend Eye, Great without Pride, in modest Majesty. In living Sculpture on the Sides were spread The Latian Wars, and haughty Turnus dead; Eliza stretch'd upon the fun'ral Pyre, Æneas bending with his aged Sire: Troy flam'd in burnish'd Gold, and o'er the Throne Arms and the Man in Golden Cyphers shone.

Four Swans sustain a Carr of Silver bright, With Heads advanc'd, and Pinions stretch'd for Flight: