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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, JOHN Earl of ORRERY.

When awful Virtue adds to Grandeur's Blaze,
She truly then deserves the Stretch of Praise,
Then like the Sun's, her Beams strike ev'ry Eye,
By her supported Fame can never die.
Great in her own Existence she aspires,
And fills th'immortal Soul with glowing Fires.
Superior still to popular Applause,
Presiding Genius o'er each glorious Cause,
She stands the Base, of Liberty and Laws.
she dares be just, and vigorously bold,
Nor wink at Vice, behind the Glare of Gold.

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The subtlest Schemes of wily Statesmen trace,
Tho' lured by proffer'd Titles, and a Place.
She bids Brittania's sons be Bravely free,
And shews her native Worth in — Orrery.
A Muse unskill'd in all the Arts of Praise,
Thus Boldly dares her honest Voice to raise,
Ne'er tainted yet by prostituted Lays.
Tho' young, ambitious to arrive at Fame,
she strives to emulate a lasting Name;
Yet self convicted in the fond Desire,
Trembles and fears, with Justice to expire.
To shield from Fate, and critic Rage to foil,
She flies for Refuge to illustrious Boyle.