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XVII.
The next a female form, of Percy's line,
A race for ever noble—thus her tribute gave:
A race for ever noble—thus her tribute gave:
—“Thou wert the very glass
“Wherein the noblest youth did dress themselves;
“There were no legs that practis'd not thy gait;
“There were no eyes that practis'd not thy looks;
“Even those that spoke but low and tardily
“Would turn their own perfections to abuse,
“To seem like Thee: So that in speech, in gait,
“In accents, and affections of delight,
“Thou wert the mark and glass, copy and book,
“To fashion others; and on thee, as on
“My Harry and the Sun, bright Honour stuck,
“As sticks the Sun in the grey vault of Heaven.”
“Wherein the noblest youth did dress themselves;
“There were no legs that practis'd not thy gait;
“There were no eyes that practis'd not thy looks;
“Even those that spoke but low and tardily
“Would turn their own perfections to abuse,
“To seem like Thee: So that in speech, in gait,
“In accents, and affections of delight,
“Thou wert the mark and glass, copy and book,
“To fashion others; and on thee, as on
“My Harry and the Sun, bright Honour stuck,
“As sticks the Sun in the grey vault of Heaven.”
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