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Blessings be with them, and eternal praise,
Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares,
The Poets, who on carth have made us Heirs
Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays!
Oh! might my name be numbered among theirs,
Then gladly would I end my mortal days.