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Fir'd by those great ideas, can the muse
Observe the senate's cooller aspect, pleas'd
By COURTENAY's sparkling wit; or NORTH's replies—
No more to re-enliven the dull hour?
Or, can she note a STORMONT's solid sense;
A RICHMOND's high inventive talents, led
By patriot zeal, more beauteous than the blaze
Of all his ducal glories? Or the strong—
The rooted principles a THURLOW boasts,
Unbias'd guardian of our sacred rights,
Immutable—the Briton, truly free?
Observe the senate's cooller aspect, pleas'd
By COURTENAY's sparkling wit; or NORTH's replies—
No more to re-enliven the dull hour?
Or, can she note a STORMONT's solid sense;
A RICHMOND's high inventive talents, led
By patriot zeal, more beauteous than the blaze
Of all his ducal glories? Or the strong—
The rooted principles a THURLOW boasts,
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Immutable—the Briton, truly free?
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