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The poetical works of Samuel Rogers

with a memoir by Edward Bell

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AN INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE GRACES.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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AN INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE GRACES.

1822.
Approach with reverence. There are those within,
Whose dwelling-place is Heaven. Daughters of Jove,
From them flow all the decencies of Life;
Without them nothing pleases, Virtue's self
Admired not loved: and those on whom They smile,
Great though they be, and wise, and beautiful,
Shine forth with double lustre.