... various form'd, mutative shapes My Muse would sing:—Celestial powers give aid! From you those changes sprung,—inspire my pen; Connect each period of my venturous song Unsever'd, from old Chaoes' rude misrule, Till now ... — The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid
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