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On seeing the Picture of Miss R--- G---N. Drawn by Mr. Varelst, of Threadneedle-street.
Shall candid Prior, in immortal lays,Thy ancestor with generous ardour praise;
Who, with his pencil's animating pow'r,
In liveliest dies immortaliz'd a flow'r,
And shall no just, impartial bard be found,
Thy more exalted merits to resound?
Who giv'st to beauty a perpetual bloom,
And lively grace, which age shall not consume;
Who mak'st the speaking eyes with meaning roll,
And paint'st at once the body and the soul.
| Poems (1791) | |