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NHG-P.772.046
29 May 1772:33 (814)
A NEW-FASHION'D TRIMMING FOR THE MODERN CAPS.
Attend, ye fair, to what my must imparts,
And learn to what your leaden-pointed darts;
And thou, all-pow'rful Goddess, to whose charms
The stubborn bend, the hero yields his arms,
Who in the works of nature foremost shine,
And who in art bespeaks it most divine,
Who in the vernal landscape steals the eye,
And fills th' enraptur'd soul with extasy,
Who in the poet's song are wont to play,
Or from the canvass dart the brigh'ning ray,
And who of late wast chiefly pleas'd to grace
The fair, and dwell upon their conq'ring face--
Do thou, O beauty! to my aid descend,
and for th' unequal task assistance lend;
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