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To boaſt a man more frank to impart
Kind offices to friends with open Heart,
Or, with hand amidſt his ſtore,
Delighting to diſtribute more
EPODE V.Meaſures 10.
Than Theron: yet foul calumny, injurious blame, 200
Did the men of rancour raiſe
Againſt his fair renown,
Defamers who by evil Actions ſtrove to drown
His good, and to conceal his praiſe.
Can the ſand, 205
On the ſtrand,
Be numbered o'er? Then, true to Theron's fame,
His favours ſhowering down delight
On thouſands who is able to recite?
The
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