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CANTO IV.] Of wonder pleased, or awe which would adore

The worship of the place, or the mere praise

Of Art and its great Masters, who could raise

What former time, nor skill, nor thought could plan:

The fountain of Sublimity displays

Its depth, and thence may draw the mind of Man

Its golden sands, and learn what great Conceptions can.

CLX.

Or, turning to the Vatican, go see

Laocoön's torture dignifying pain—