 | The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne |  |
LADY HYDE.
When fam'd Apelles sought to frame
Some Image of th'Idalian Dame,
To furnish Graces for the Piece,
He summon'd all the Nymphs of Greece;
So many Mortals were combin'd,
To shew how one Immortal shin'd.
Some Image of th'Idalian Dame,
To furnish Graces for the Piece,
He summon'd all the Nymphs of Greece;
So many Mortals were combin'd,
To shew how one Immortal shin'd.
Had Hyde thus sat by Proxy too,
As Venus then was said to do,
Venus her self, and all the Train
Of Goddesses had summon'd been;
The Painter must have search'd the Skies,
To match the Lustre of her Eyes.
As Venus then was said to do,
Venus her self, and all the Train
Of Goddesses had summon'd been;
The Painter must have search'd the Skies,
To match the Lustre of her Eyes.
Comparing then, while thus we view
The ancient Venus, and the New;
In Her we many Mortals see,
As many Goddesses in Thee.
The ancient Venus, and the New;
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As many Goddesses in Thee.
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