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Secur'd with ample Priviledge to feed,Each has his District, and his Bounds decreed:Combin'd in common Int'rest with his own,But not to pass the Pigeons Rubicon.

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Here ends the Reign of this pretended Dove;All Prophecies accomplish'd from above,For Shiloh comes the Scepter to Remove.Reduc'd from Her Imperial High Abode,Like Dyonysius to a private Rod:$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$The Passive Church, that with pretended GraceDid Her distinctive Mark in Duty place,Now Touch'd, Reviles Her Maker to his Face.

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$What after happen'd is not hard to guess;The small Beginnings had a large Encrease,And Arts and Wealth succeed (the secret spoils of Peace.)'Tis said the Doves repented, tho' too late,Become the Smiths of their own Foolish Fate:

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