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...new are tried, 135 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong:...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; 140 Who haunt Parnassus 2 but to please the ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not...

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