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A Poetical Translation of the works of Horace

With the Original Text, and Critical Notes collected from his best Latin and French Commentators. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis...The third edition
Francis, Philip (1708?-1773)
  
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The Poet to the People.

Stand off, ye Vulgar, nor profane,
With bold, unhallow'd Sounds, this festal Scene:
In Hymns, inspir'd by Truth divine,
I Priest of the melodious Nine,
To Youths and Virgins sing the mystic Strain.
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