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VIDA’S
ART of POETRY, &c.
Book II.
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Roceed, ye nine, descended from above,
Ye tuneful daughters of almighty Jove;
To teach the future age I hasten on,
And open every source of Helicon.
Your priest and bard with rage divine inspire,
While to your shrine I lead the blooming choir.
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