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                           THE

         SHINING SISTERS.

                  Written at Tunbridge.

NOW, Happy Spring, retrieve thy ſinking Name,
And more than vye with Bladud's Rival Stream;
Now dare thy Head above, Caſtalia's raiſe,
Sacred to Muſes, and renown'd in Lays.
Weak in Defence the Tuneful Siſters prove,
It yields, tho' guarded by the Race of Fove.

See! See the Conqu'ror Marlbrô's Conqu'ring Line!
How Gloriouſly theſe Suns of Beauty ſhine!
How they ſurprize the Sight, and ſtrike the Heart!
Each Air's a Wonder, and each Look a Dart.
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