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While blooming wreaths around thy temples ſpread,$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$45
I'll ſnatch a laurel from thine honour'd head,
While you indulgent ſmile upon the deed.

As long as Thames in ſtreams majeſtic flows,
Or Naiads in their oozy beds repoſe,
While Phœbus reigns above the ſtarry train,50
While bright Aurora purples o'er the main,
So long, great Sir, the muſe thy praiſe ſhall ſing,
So long thy praiſe ſhall make Parnaſſus ring:
Then grant, Mæcenas, thy paternal rays,
Hear me propitious, and defend my lays.55

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