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III.
There round, Majestic Shades, and Heroes Forms,
Will throng, to learn what Pilot guides
Watchful, Britannia's Helm thro' factious Storms,
And curbs the murmuring rebel Tides.

IV.
I tell how Townshend treads the glorious Path
That leads the Great to deathless Fame,
And dwell at large on spotless English Faith,
While Walpole is the favourite Theme.

V.
How nobly rising in their Country's Cause,
The stedfast Arbiters of Right
Exalt the Just and Good, to guard her Laws,
And call forth Merit into light.

VI.