Classic Poem

And fond deluded Maid!
No more address the fictions Nine for Aid;
Or invocate Apollo's Shrine,
For Influence Divine:
A better Genii shall thy Notes inspire,
Her matchless Virtues! her immortal Lyre!
Alone, shall animate thy Pen, shall crown thy just Desire.
Unpolish'd Verse bewail'd this Turn of Fate,
Unpolish'd Truth shall now her Worth relate,
Nor need there Art or Eloquence
To raise Belief, and charm the Sense:
Her deathless Works, and sacred Memory,
All borrow'd Helps defy,
Secure, within themselves, of Immortality.
Succeeding Ages, and impartial Fame,
Shall celebrate Marissa's Name!
And her the Tenth, and latest Muse proclaim.