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Ad Cæsarem Domitianum, Epig. 24.

If I in fear chance to petition thee,
If I'me not impudent, vouchsafe it mee.
If thou'lt not grant, daign to be askd in love,
Incense and Prayers ne're offended Jove.
‘He that an Image frames in gold or stone,
‘Makes not a god, he that kneels, makes it one.