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That He, if haply some presumptuous Foe,
With false ignoble Science fraught,
Shall spurn at Freedom's faithful Band;
That He their dear Defence will shun,
Or hide their Glories from the Sun,
Or deal their Vengeance with a Woman's Hand!

IV. I.

I care not, that in Arno's Meads,

Or where the Seine his Current leads,
From public Themes the Muse's Quire
Content with polish'd Ease retire.
Where Priests the studious Head command,
Where Tyrants bow the warlike Hand
To vile Ambition's Aim,

Say,