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IMPROMPTU.
When time matured the plan of fate,That gave imperial Rome her date,
Devouring vultures hovering came,
An omen of her warlike fame;
But signs of other aspect shew
What Jove will on your work bestow.
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Astonished to the docks repair,
The sign propitious proved it plain,
The coyest commerce of the main
Should wondering there be found at last,
To aid Britannia's rich repast.
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