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The triumph of music

a poem: in six cantos ... by William Hayley
Hayley, William (1745-1820)
  
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THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC.
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
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CANTO III.
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CANTO IV.
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CANTO V.
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CANTO VI.

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Mild youth, and tenderness! for whom I write,
Your praise my wish, my purpose your delight!
Ye will not murmur if my story pause,
While, justly zealous in devotion's cause,
I from the volume of Venusia steal
Some pages, which may wake your early zeal:
Blest, if her tender piety imparts
Its own pure spirit to congenial hearts!
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