THE TEMPLE OF FAME.

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Their pleas were difPrent, their requeft the fame:For good and bad alike are fond of Fame.

Some (lie difgrac’d, andfomewith honours crown’d;Unlike fucceffes equal merits found. 2 g 5

Thus her blind filler, fickle Fortune, reigns,And, undifcerning, fcatters crowns and chains.

Firlt at the fhrine the Learned world appear,And to the Goddefs thus prefer their pray’r. 729Long have we fought t’ inftrufl: and pleafe mankind,With fludies pale, with midnight vigils blind;

But thank’d by few, rewarded yet by none,

We here appeal to thy fuperior throne:

On wit and learning the juft prize bellow,

For Fame is all we mull expc£t below. 3o5The Goddefs heard, and bade the Mufes raifeThe golden Trumpet of eternal Praife:

From pole to pole the winds diffufe the found,That fills the circuit of the world around;

Not all at once, as thunder breaks the cloud ; 3roThe notes at firlt were rather fvveet than loud :

By juft degrees they ev’ry moment rile,

Fill the wide earth, and gain upon the flues.

At ev’ry breath were balmy odours filed,

Which (till grew fweeter as they wider fpread; 3i5

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“ And fomi of them (he granted fane,

“ And fomc (he warned wellsnd fair, ’

“ And fome toe grauted the contrair—

“ Right asjher fitter dame Fortune44 Is wont to firvcin commune.' 1