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CHARACTERS.
ſemper amabilem.
Horat.
OH! born to ſooth diſtreſs, and lighten care;
Lively as ſoft, and innocent as fair;
Bleſt with that ſweet ſimplicity of thought
So rarely found, and never to be taught;
Of winning ſpeech, endearing, artleſs, kind,
The lovelieſt pattern of a female mind;
Like ſome fair ſpirit from the realms of reſt
With all her native heaven within her breaſt;
So pure, ſo good, ſhe ſcarce can gueſs at ſin,
But
