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Thus useful Arms in Magazines we place,
All rang'd in Order, and dispos'd with Grace,
Nor thus alone the Curious Eye to please,
But to be found, when Need requires, with Ease.
The Muses sure Longinus did inspire,
And blest their Critick with a Poet's Fire.
An ardent Judge, that Zealous in his Trust,
With Warmth gives Sentence, yet is always Just;
Whose own Example strengthens all his Laws,
And Is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Thus long succeeding Criticks justly reign'd,
Licence repress'd, and useful Laws ordain'd;
Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;
From the same Foes, at last, both felt their Doom,
And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.
With Tyranny, then Superstition join'd,
As that the Body, this enslav'd the Mind;

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