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... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chissel occupy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incision of her guided steel 701 710 ...
... beauty to a stone , And Chatham's eloquence to marble lips . Nor does the chissel occupy alone The pow'rs of sculpture , but the style as much ; Each province of her art her equal care . With nice incision of her guided steel 701 710 ...
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... beauty to old age , For int'rest sake , the living to the dead . Some clothe the soil that feeds them , far diffus'd And lowly creeping , modest and yet fair , Like virtue , thriving most where little seen : Some , more aspiring , catch ...
... beauty to old age , For int'rest sake , the living to the dead . Some clothe the soil that feeds them , far diffus'd And lowly creeping , modest and yet fair , Like virtue , thriving most where little seen : Some , more aspiring , catch ...
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... beauty I shine , 8 Nor pierce any more , by my sins , The bosom on which I recline ; Oh then shall the veil be remov'd , 16 And round me thy brightness be pour'd , I shall meet him whom absent I lov'd , I shall see whom unseen I ador'd ...
... beauty I shine , 8 Nor pierce any more , by my sins , The bosom on which I recline ; Oh then shall the veil be remov'd , 16 And round me thy brightness be pour'd , I shall meet him whom absent I lov'd , I shall see whom unseen I ador'd ...
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