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Rh But, now it comes into my mind, We left a little duke behind; A Cupid in his face and size, And only wants to want his eyes. Make some provision for the younker, Find him a kingdom out to conquer; Prepare a fleet to waft him o'er, Make Gulliver his commodore; Into whose pocket valiant Willy put, Will soon subdue the realm of Lilliput: A skilful critick justly blames Hard, tough, crank, guttural, harsh, stiff names. The sense can ne'er be too jejune, But smooth your words to fit the tune. Hanover may do well enough, But George and Brunswick are too rough: Hesse-Darmstadt makes a rugged sound, And Guelp the strongest ear will wound. In vain are all attempts from Germany To find out proper words for harmony: And yet I must except the Rhine, Because it clinks to Caroline. Hail, queen of Britain, queen of rhymes! Be sung ten hundred thousand times! Too happy were the poets' crew, If their own happiness they knew: Three syllables did never meet So soft, so sliding, and so sweet: Nine other tuneful words like that Would prove ev'n Homer's numbers flat. Behold three beauteous vowels stand, With bridegroom liquids, hand in hand; In concord here for ever fix'd, No jarring consonant betwixt. Rh