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Thus when in parts the broken Mirrours fall,
A Face in all is seen, and Charms in all!
A Face in all is seen, and Charms in all!
Think then, O fairest, of the fairer Race,
What fatal Beauties arm thy heav'nly Face,
Whose very Shadow can such Flames inspire;
We see 'tis Paint, and yet we feel 'tis Fire.
What fatal Beauties arm thy heav'nly Face,
Whose very Shadow can such Flames inspire;
We see 'tis Paint, and yet we feel 'tis Fire.
See! with false Life the lovely Image glows,
And every wond'rous Grace transplanted shows;
Fatally fair the new Creation reigns,
Charms in her Shape, and multiplies our Pains;
Hence the fond Youth, that ease by absence found,
Views the dear Form, and bleeds at every Wound;
Thus the bright Venus, tho' to Heav'n she soar'd,
Reign'd in her Image, by the World ador'd.
And every wond'rous Grace transplanted shows;
Fatally fair the new Creation reigns,
Charms in her Shape, and multiplies our Pains;
Hence the fond Youth, that ease by absence found,
Views the dear Form, and bleeds at every Wound;
Thus the bright Venus, tho' to Heav'n she soar'd,
Reign'd in her Image, by the World ador'd.
O! wond'rous Pow'r of mingled Light and Shades!
Where Beauty with dumb Eloquence persuades,
Where Beauty with dumb Eloquence persuades,
Where
