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Show APPENDIX 32 And, lo !--Sir John A compound of 'em all A comic world in one X Sweet swan of Avon ought fort Ever may thy strea Of tuneful numbers be the darling theme Not Thames himself, who in his silver cours Trilumphant rolls alon Britannia's riches, and his force Shall more harmonious flow in song. Oh had those bards, who charm the list'nin shore Of Ca and Isis, tun'd their classic lays And from their f_ull and precious stor Vouchsaf'd to fairy-haunted Avon praise ‘Nor Greek nor Roman straing would flow alon More sweetly clear, or more sublimely strong Nor thus a shepherd's feeble notes re?ea The weakest numbers, and the warmest zeal X1 |