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A FAIR VOCALIST.
“What nymph,” ask'd Apollo, “will deign for awhile,Which one of the nine, will repair to the isle
Where virtue, and learning, and genius, and taste,
Have chang'd to an Eden Manhattan's rude waste?
The science of Philipps no longer can charm,
The sweetness of Incledon ceases to warm,
And the eager inhabitants look to the nine
For something superior—something divine?”
“For something divine!” sage Minerva exclaim'd,
“Their wish has been realized ere it was named;
The sweetest of voices and faces unite
Their ears, and their eyes, and their hearts, to delight;
For the muses, and graces, and Pallas, have joined
To embellish her person, and polish her mind.
From sirens she pilfer'd each tone that entrances,
From Cupid her dimples, from Venus her glances;
Thus enrich'd by celestials with sweetness and worth,
She charms, in the person of Holman, on earth.
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