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47
To a Lady at Bath.
Flavia
, since Conquest is your Aim,
I'll point you out the Way;
And give you an unerring Scheme
For universal Sway.
I'll point you out the Way;
And give you an unerring Scheme
For universal Sway.
Since Nature gave a Form so fair,
Why will you practise Art?
Which serves too oft to shew the Snare,
And warn the heedless Heart.
Why will you practise Art?
Which serves too oft to shew the Snare,
And warn the heedless Heart.
Those Eyes could never fail to kill;
But lose their Force by too much Skill.
Learn then to captivate the Age,
From beauteous, unaffected Page.
But lose their Force by too much Skill.
Learn then to captivate the Age,
From beauteous, unaffected Page.
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