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336 Behold, a chosen band shall aid thy plan,

And own thee chieftain of the critic clan.

First in the oat-fed phalanx shall be seen

The travelled Thane, Athenian Aberdeen.

shall wield 's hammer, and sometimes

In gratitude, thou'lt praise his rugged rhymes.

Smug too thy bitter page shall seek,