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CHORUS
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O for | a Muse | of fire,| that would | ascend
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The bright|est heav|en of | invent|ion:
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A king|dom for | a stage,| princes | to act,
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And mon|archs to | behold | the swel|ling scene.
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Then should | the warlike Har|ry, like |
himself,
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Assume | the part | of Mars,| and at | his heels
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(Leashed^in,| like^hounds)| should fam|ine,
sword,| and fire
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Crouch for em|ployment.| But pard|on, gent|les
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The flat | unrais|ed spir|its, that | have dared,
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On this | unworth|y scaf|fold, to / bring forth
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So great | an object. Can | this cock|pit^hold
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The vas|ty fields | of France?| Or may | we cram
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Within | this woo|den O,| the ve|ry casks
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That did | affright | the air | at Ag|incourt?
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O pard|on: since | a crook|ed fig|ure may
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Attest | in lit|tle place | a mil|lion,
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And let | us, ciph|ers to | this great | accompt,
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On your | imag|ina|ry for|ces work.
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Suppose | within | the gird|le of / these walls
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Are now | confined | two* migh|ty mon|archies,
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Whose high,| upreared, and | abut|ting fronts,
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The per|ilous nar|row o|cean parts | asund||er.
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Piece | out our im|perfec|tions with | your
thoughts:
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Into | a thous|and parts | divide one man,
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And make | imag|ina|ry pu|issance.
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Think when | we talk | of hors|es, that | you see
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Print|ing their proud | hoofs in the | receiv|ing
earth:
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For 'tis | your thoughts | that now | must deck |
our kings,
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Carry | them here | and there:| jumping | ore
times;
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Turning | the accom|plishment | of ma|ny years
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Into | an hour|glass: for | the which | supply,
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Admit | me Chor|us to | this hist|ory;
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Who* pro|logue^like,| your hum|ble pa|tience pray,
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Gently | to hear,| kindly | to judge | our play.
[Exit]