Grecian Prospects A Poem, In Two Cantos. By Mr. Polwhele |
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE AND BASSET. |
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE AND BASSET.
Basset! (for I revere that hallow'd name)o come, if, kindling at the clarion's blast
that to thy country gives the world's acclaim,
thy genius scorn not these ideal views;
or, cheering the lone walls where grief hath cast
her sullen shade, and heaves no fancied sighs,
the pictur'd scene if yet thy spirit prize,
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the charmed ear; o come, with classic fame
unite the patriot, the domestic love!
for lo, the muse, amid the wild applause
that thrills anubis, seeks the delphic grove,
and consecrates, in freedom's sacred cause,
the recent wreath that greece and albion wove!
R. POLWHELE.
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