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Oculus Britanniae

An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst]
 
 

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From such ungrateful topicks, gentle muse,
Divert thy song, and nobler objects chuse:
With more exalted themes thy numbers grace,
In more exalted numbers sing the place,
Where G---l with unspotted virtue shines,
And Att---ry form'd his great designs.