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And the fair Function of the Poet's Tongue,
Ne'er shalt thou blush to vindicate and raise
From all that scorned Vice or slavish Fear hath sung.
Nor shall the Blandishment of Tuscan Strings
Warbling at Will in Pleasure's myrtle Bower;
Nor shall the baser Notes to Celtic Kings
By lying Minstrels paid in evil Hour,
Move Thee to spurn the heavenly Muse's Reign.
A different Strain,
And other Themes
From her prophetic Shades and hallow'd Streams
(Thou well can'st witness) visit the chaste Ear:
Such, as when Greece to her immortal Shell
Rejoicing
