ToMrs.BINDONatBATH.BytheHonourableSirC.H.WILLIAMS.APOLLOofoldonBritanniadidsmile,AndDelphiforsookforthesakeofthisisle,Aroundhimhelavishlyscatter'dhislays,Andineverywildernessplantedhisbays;ThenChaucerandSpenserharmoniouswereheard,ThenShakespear,andMilton,andWallerappear'd,AndDryden,whosebrowsbyApollowerecrown'd,AshesunginsuchstrainsastheGodmighthaveown'd:Butnow,sincethelaurelisgivenoflateToCibber,toEusden,toShadwellandTate,Apollohathquittedtheisleheoncelov'd,AndhisharpandhisbaystoHiberniaremov'd;Hevowsandheswearshe'llinspireusnomore,AndhasputoutPope'sfireswhichhekindledbefore;Andfurtherhesays,mennolongershallboastAsciencetheirslightandilltreatmenthathlost;Butthatwomenaloneforthefutureshallwrite;Andwhocanresist,whentheydoublydelight?Andlestweshou'ddoubtwhathesaidtobetrue,HasbegunbyinspiringSaphiraThe nom de plume given to Mary Barber by
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