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And safe, thro' all the Windings intricate
Of wish'd for Knowledge, guide her humble Votary;
Wou'd She, propitious, hasten to convey
But half th' Ideas of a Milton's Mind;
What sooner shou'd adorn his gilded Pages,
Or what so soon incite Poetick-fire;
As LIBERTY? — so greatly idoliz'd.
For which a British Soul wou'd freely barter
The gaudy Pomp and Grandeur of a Court:
Nay more; wou'd boldly hazard even Life
On harshest Terms, and smile at Death itself;
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