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Muses attend! the British channel flock o'er,

Call'd by your most obedient servant, Stockhore.

Aid me, O, aid me, while I touch the string;

Montem and Captain Barnard's praise I sing;

Captain Barnard, the youth so noble and bright,

That none dare dispute his worthy right

To that gay laurel which his brother wore,

In times that 1 remember long before.

What are Olympic honours compared to thine,

0 Captain, when Majesty does combine

With heroes, their wives, sons and daughters great,

To visit this extremely splendid fête.

Enough! I feel a sudden inspiration fill

My bowels; just as if the tolling bell

Had sent forth sounds a floating all along the air

Just such Parnassian sounds, though deaf, I'm sure I hear.