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Poems on Several Occasions

With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures

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TO THE MEMORY of Mr. MILTON.

Homer's Description of Himself, under the Character of Demodocus the Musician, at the Feast of King Alcinous.

From the Eighth Book of the Odysses.

The Muse with Transport lov'd Him; yet to fill
His various Lot, She blended Good with Ill;
Depriv'd Him of his Eyes, but did impart
The Heav'nly Gift of Song, and all the tuneful Art.