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Rh May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill,

And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!

While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,

And pay for poems—when they pay for coats.

To the famed throng now paid the tribute due,

Neglected Genius! let me turn to you.

Come forth, oh ! give thy talents scope;

Who dares aspire if thou must cease to hope?

And thou, melodious ! rise at last,

Recall the pleasing memory of the past;