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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

An Epistle to my Friend,

Mr. ELIJAH FENTON

Author of Mariamne, a Tragedy,

1726.

 

Why art thou slow to strike th' harmonious Shell,
Averse to sing, who know'st to sing so well?
If thy proud Muse the tragic Buskin wears,
Great Sophocles revives and re-appears;
While regularly bold, she nobly sings
Strains, worthy to detain the Ears of Kings;

If