ANTISTROPHE II.
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EPODE.
Then, O Thalia! let thy sacred shell
Wake the lofty sounds that swell
With rapture unreprov'd the patriot breast!
Rob'd in her many-colour'd vest
On Isis' banks shall Science stand,
Waving in her bounteous hand
A wond'rous chaplet; high reward
Of toils, by public virtue dar'd:
And while, to claim the envied meed
Fair Fame his vot'ries leads, thy voice,
O Muse, shall join th'applauded choice
That fix'd the glorious wreath on Frederic's honour'd head!