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PGCJ.773.005
27 Feb 1773:32 (477)
AN EPITHALAMIUM, DEDICATED TO THE INGENIOUS MR. WINTHROP
CHANDLER, ON THE DAY OF HIS MARRIAGE. By one of the guests.
Hail thou Apollo! Master of the choir,
And Polyhymnia, tune your chearful lyre;
Erate, Goddess, take the harp in hand,
Propitious hymen bless the nuptial band! . . .
Rise Calliope, your tuneful notes prolong;
And all ye muses come and aid my song.
So long, alas! unus'd to tune my lays,
Except to sacred and almighty praise,
That quite unskill'd Hymenial rites to sing,
I crave the muse, enliv'ning aid to bring:
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