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Poems on Several Occasions

By Edward, Lord Thurlow. The Second Edition, considerably enlarged

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42. ON BEHOLDING MR. DENT'S LIBRARY, IN HERTFORD-STREET.
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42. ON BEHOLDING MR. DENT'S LIBRARY, IN HERTFORD-STREET.

Whate'er of Greece or Rome remains,
Within this beauteous room is plac'd;
And here, to crown thy learned pains,
All, that our later age has grac'd:
Here Tully might the World explore,
And Virgil think whole years away;
Here Bacon weigh the ancient lore,
And Milton frame th' Heroick lay.
The Genius of this hallow'd Room,
Unseen, to guard it's stores is found,
With softer light dispell the gloom,
And breathe a sacred stillness round!

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O Dent, to grace thy learned care,
An image of the World, assign'd,
Is here, like Jove's bright circle fair,
And polish'd, as it's owner's mind!