Alexander Pope: Minor poems Edited by Norman Ault: Completed by John Butt |
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On Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Portrait.
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On Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Portrait.
The play full smiles around the dimpled mouthThat happy air of Majesty and Youth.
So would I draw (but oh, 'tis vain to try
My narrow Genius does the power deny)
The Equal Lustre of the Heavenly mind
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Learning not vain, and wisdom not severe
With Greatness easy, and with wit sincere.
With Just Description shew the Soul Divine
And the whole Princesse in my work should shine.
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