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The CRUX-EASTON Epigrams. |
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The CRUX-EASTON Epigrams.
I. On seeing the LADIES at Crux-Easton Walk in the Woods by the Grotto.
Extempore by Mr. POPE.
Authors the world and their dull brains have trac'd,To fix the ground where paradise was plac'd.
Mind not their learned whims and idle talk,
Here, here's the place, where these bright angels walk.
II. Inscription on a Grotto of Shells at Crux-Easton the Work of Nine young Ladies.
Here shunning idleness at once and praise,This radiant pile nine rural sisters raise;
The glitt'ring emblem of each spotless dame,
Clear as her soul, and shining as her frame;
Beauty which Nature only can impart,
And such a polish as disgraces Art;
But Fate dispos'd them in this humble sort,
And hid in desarts what wou'd charm a court.
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