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 Then round this globe on joint purfuit ye ftray, 



Time's ample annals ftudioufly furvey ; 

 And from the eddies of Oblivion's flream, 

 Propitious match each memorable theme. 



Thus to each form, in heav'n, and earth, andfea, 2 % 

 That wins with grace, or awes with dignity, 

 To each exalted deed, which dares to claim 

 The glorious meed of an immortal fame, 

 That meed ye grant. Hence, to remoteft age, 

 The Hero's foul darts from the Poets page ; 30 

 Hence, from the canvafs, ftill, with wonted ftate, 

 He lives, he breaths, he braves the frown of Fate. 



Inde per hunc Orbem ftudiis coeuntibus errant* 

 Carpentes quas digna fui, revolutaque iuftrant i$ 



Tempora, quaerendis confortibus argumentis. 



Denique quascunq; in coelo, terraque, marique 

 Longius in tempus durare, ut pulchra, merentur, 

 Nobilitate fua, claroque infignia cafu, 



Dives & ampla manet Pidtores atque Poetas 23 



Materies j inde alta fonant per fscula mundo 

 Nomina, magnanimis Heroibus inde fuperftes 

 Gloria, perpetuoque operum miracula reflant : 



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