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Tofts and Margarita.
Musick has learnt the Discords of the State,And Consorts jar with Whig and Tory Hate.
Here Devonshire and Somerset attend
The British Tofts, and ev'ry Note commend;
To native Merit just, and pleas'd to see
We've Roman Arts from Roman Bondage free.
There fam'd L'Epine does equal Skill imploy,
While list'ning Peers croud to th'extatick Joy.
B---d to hear her Song his Dice forsakes,
And N---m's transported when she shakes:
Lull'd Statesmen melt away their drousy Cares
Of England's Safety in Italian Airs.
Who would not send each Post blank Passes o'er,
Rather than keep such Strangers from our Shore?
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