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ODE

TO

FRANCIS HASTINGS,

EARL of HUNTINGDON.

 

I. i.

THE Wise and Great of every Clime,

Thro' all the spacious Walks of Time,
Where-e'er the Muse her Power display'd.
With Joy have listen'd and obey'd.
For, taught of Heav'n, the sacred Nine
Persuasive Numbers, Forms divine,
To mortal Sense impart: