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Rh Behold! in various throngs the scribbling crew,

For notice eager, pass in long review:

Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace,

And Rhyme and Blank maintain an equal race;

Sonnets on sonnets crowd, and ode on ode;

And Tales of Terror jostle on the road;

Immeasurable measures move along;

For simpering Folly loves a varied song,

To strange, mysterious Dulness still the friend,

Admires the strain she cannot comprehend.

Thus Lays of Minstrels —may they be the last!—