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CAISSA.

^[1]OF armies on the chequer'd field array'd,
And guiltless war in pleasing form display'd;
When two bold kings contend with vain alarms,
In ivory this, and that in ebon arms;
Sing, sportive maids, that haunt the sacred hill
Of Pindus, and the fam'd Pierian rill.
^[2]Thou, joy of all below, and all above,
Mild Venus, queen of laughter, queen of love;

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IMITATIONS.

1. Ludimus effigiem belli, simulataque veris
   Prælia, buxo acies fictas, et ludicra regna:
   Ut gemini inter se reges, albusque, nigerque,
   Pro laude oppositi certent bicoloribus armis.
   Dicite, Seriades Nymphæ, certamina tanta.Vida.
2. Æneadum genitrix, hominum divûmque voluptas,
   Alma Venus! &c.Lucretius.