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But, let us leave these scenes of brawling life, 

 With envy, hate, and fierce contention rife ; 

 Where scum of bubbling Civilization 

 Thickens, in foul coagulation : 

 Whence Honor shrinks, whence manly Virtues fly y 

 The schools of Vice and low Hypocrisy 

 Go we, my Muse, to far more peaceful scenes, 

 Which rather with thy milder taste convenes, 

 In realms domestic, be it ours to dwell, 

 Qf humbler things, essay we now to telL 



