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1     I|      crave co-partner in that verse~ Which I presume on Nature
2     I|      how hard it is in Latian verse~ To tell the dark discoveries
3     I|     Ennius too in everlasting verse~ Proclaims those vaults
4     I|    within us, ere for thee my verse~ Hath put within thine ears
5     I| Albeit thou must confess each verse, each word~ From one another
6    II|     not the fact,~ Showing in verse how corpuscles of stuff,~
7   III|       such matters, should my verse, meseems,~ Make clear the
8     V|      measured song, melodious verse and give~ Delight to ears.
9     V|   hand heroic actions down in verse;~ Nor long ere this had