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Faction display'd, a Poem, 1704.
To the conceal'd Author of this Excellent Poem.
When Dryden's tuneful celebrated MuseDid God-like David for her Subject chuse,
She soar'd above her known and common Height,
To Heav'n she rais'd her Voice, to Heav'n she took her flight.
Such is your Muse's Subject, such her Tongue,
Witness this polish'd and melodious Song:
Where the same Majesty of Verse,
The same just Stile, the same deep Sense appears.
No Jests nor Puns deform the study'd Page,
But all is manly Thought and noble Rage;
But all along the mighty Genius shines,
Informs and animates the Sacred Lines.
Not Heav'nly Horace more correctly writ,
Tho to refine his Sense, united met
The Critick's Judgment, and the Poet's Wit.
C. D.
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