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To the Honourable
Mrs. Elizabeth Townshend,
Now Lady CORNWALLIS,
On her Picture, at Rainham.
περὶ ἔσσι γυναικων
Ειδος ἰδὲ Φρένας.Lib. 18. Odyssey.
Ειδος ἰδὲ Φρένας.Lib. 18. Odyssey.
Ah cruel Hand, that could such Pow'r employ
To teach the pictur'd Beauty to destroy!
Singly she charm'd before, but by his Skill
The living Beauty and her Likeness kill;
To teach the pictur'd Beauty to destroy!
Singly she charm'd before, but by his Skill
The living Beauty and her Likeness kill;
Thus
