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 To Gallia's gay and gallant coast Haste, little volume, speed thy flight; And proudly there go make thy boast How Britons love—how Britons write. Say, Love can hold his torch as high Beneath our heaven deformed with showers, As in her pure and brilliant sky, By vine-clad hills or myrtle bowers: Ask if her damsels bloom more fair; Ask if her swains can love as true; And urge her poets' tuneful care To sing their praise in numbers due.