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By no kind Augustus reared,

To no Medici endeared,

German Art arose;

Fostering glory smil'd not on her,

Ne'er with kingly smiles to sun her,

Did her blooms unclose.

No! She went, by Monarchs slighted

Went unhonored, unrequited,

From high Frederick's throne;

Praise and Pride be all the greater,

That Man's genius did create her,

From Man's worth alone.

Therefore, all from loftier mountains,

Purer wells and richer Fountains,

Streams our Poet-Art;

So no rule to curb its rushing—

All the fuller flows it gushing

From its deep—The Heart!

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