Elijah Fenton Poems

Augur, & fulgente decorus arcu
Phoebus acceptusque novem Camænis,
Qui salutari levat arte fessos
Corporis artus; __
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Ask not the Cause why all the tuneful Swains,
Who us'd to fill the Vales with tender Strains,
In deep Despair neglect the warb'ling Reed,
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Ire per Ignes,
Et gladios ausim. Neque ad hoc tamen ignibus ullis,
Aut gladiis opus est; opus est mihi Crine. -
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When Phoebus, and the Nine harmonious Maids,
Of old assembled in the Thespian Shades;
What Theme, they cry'd, what high immortal Air,
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Bold is the Muse to leave her humble Cell,
And sing to thee, who know'st to sing so well:
Thee! who to Britain still preserv'st the Crown,
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