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Tangs thatare delicate, foul Hands will ftaza;.
Butfrom your Pen, all Subjects Luftre gain.
Romans in France have gain’d fuch highRenown,
Their: Works: are naturaliz’d;. and made their
Inseniéus.d’ A2/arc0ur fit ledthe Van, [own..
With his juft: Verfionof great Lucezaz ;
Thus-Gopied by a skilful Hand we fee
The Ancient Drole in Modern Raëilery:.
Ax double -Honour is- to Bozleau due, .
Who. is-both Wreter and Tranflator too :
He chofe the Nobleft Author of his Time,
And like Lovsenus Boileau is: ſublime.
By reading your Zranflatzon we can tell
How much in their:ows Way we them-excel. .
Quy Learned Athens lately has brought forth »
Men hardly to be equall’d for their Worth.
Lucretius now is.to PerfeGion brought, .
Which all Men. dreaded in the very- Thoughts¬
Gar fruitful- Mother hath. herfelf outdone
la-Zeeming with fo excellentia Sos: *
Of ours the Admiration does engage,
And the Applaufes. of. the: future: Age : ¬
Yeu withthe Softnefs of. your.Art beguile, ..
And,teach the, rigid Stozck. how to-fmile:
‘The Humour of.the Work you hit fo.true, .
That\Comical Erafmus-breathes in you.-.
We {ce the Spitit.of the Audor ſhine
In-every Page, in every pleaſant Line,
What Fruits will not your Age maturely bring,
So.fertile, if fo early is-your Spring 2
‘The Rifing.Sun fhoots forth 2 previous-Ray,
Aogaging to.fhine brightly all the Day.
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