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PROLOGUES.
As if to ev’ry fop it might belong,
Like ſenators, to cenſure right or wrong.
But gen’rous minds have more heroic views,
And love and honour are the themes they chuſe.
From yon bright heav’n[1] our author fetch’d his fire,15
And paints the paſſions that your eyes inſpire;
Full of that flame, his tender ſcenes he warms,
And frames his goddeſs by your matchleſs charms.18
- ↑ To the ladies.
