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the Language, and the Severity of the Roman Muse, the Poem is still more Wonderful, since without the Liberty of the Grecian Poets, the Diction is so Great and Noble, so Clear, so Forcible and Expressive, so Chaste and Pure, that even all the Strength and Compass of the Greek Tongue joined to Homer's Fire cannot give us stronger and clearer Ideas, than the great Virgil hath set before our Eyes; some few Instances excepted, in which Homer thro' the Force of Genius hath excelled.
I have argued hitherto, my Lord, for Virgil, and it will be no Wonder, that his Poem
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