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 Beneath, in Order rang'd, the tuneful Nine (Her Virgin Handmaids) still attend the Shrine: With Eyes on Fame for ever fix'd, they sing; For Fame they raise the Voice, and tune the String. With Time's first Birth began the Heav'nly Lays, And last Eternal thro' the Length of Days.

Around these Wonders as I cast a Look, The Trumpet sounded, and the Temple shook, And all the Nations, summon'd at the Call, From diff'rent Quarters fill the crowded Hall: Of various Tongues the mingled Sounds were heard; In various Garbs promiscuous Throngs appear'd; Thick as the Bees, that with the Spring renew Their flow'ry Toils, and sip the fragrant Dew, When