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VGW(PA.739.084
21-28 Dec 1739:22, 31, 32, 41 (178)
THE TEMPLE OF VIRTUE.
Great Jove, ambitious of immortal name,
An edifice erects to raise his fame;
No ornaments but what kind Natures sends,
Much beauty with simplicity he blends:
Magnificently plain in ev'ry part,
The pomp of neatness thus express'd the art.
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The Gods and Goddesses in bright array,
Gave their attendance on the Jovial day;
Ceres was order'd to lay in a store,
And Bacchus pick and coll the vintage o'er:
A feast prepar'd to crown the happy maid,
And to the temple strait she was convey'd.
The fifes and tabors, timbrels, march along,
The choristers of ev'ry wood here sung:
Immortal praise they gave the deity,
Allow'd true virtue lay in charity.
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