O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of inven…

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O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. ✨ 'Henry V' (1599) chorus, l. 1
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O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. ✨ 'Henry V' (1599) chorus, l. 1

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