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POEMS
ON
VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
To MÆCENAS.
MÆCENAS, you, beneath the myrtle ſhade,
Read o'er what poets ſung, and ſhepherds play'd.
What felt thoſe poets but you feel the ſame?
Does not your ſoul poſſeſs the ſacred flame?
Their noble ſtrains your equal genius ſhares 5
In ſofter language, and diviner airs.
While Homer paints lo! circumfus'd in air,
Celeſtial Gods in mortal forms appear;
B
Swift
