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SPENSERIAN.
[All unmatch'd Shakspeare, and the blind old Man]
All unmatch'd Shakspeare, and the blind old ManOf London, hymn in every land and clime
Our country's praise, while many an artisan
Spins for her glory school-taught lays sublime.
Them in her bosom, be they blank or rhyme,
Oblivious spirits gently will inter.
But three unborrow'd strains will to all time
Give honour, glory, highest laud to her—
Thalaba! Peter Bell! the Ancient Mariner!
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