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With all the native vigour of sixteen,
Among the merry troop conspicuous seen,
See lively Pope advance in jig and trip,
Corinna, Cherry, Honeycomb, and Snip. 420
Not without Art, but yet to Nature true,
She charms the Town with Humour just, yet new.
Chear'd by her promise, we the less deplore
The fatal time when Clive shall be no more.
Among the merry troop conspicuous seen,
See lively Pope advance in jig and trip,
Corinna, Cherry, Honeycomb, and Snip. 420
Not without Art, but yet to Nature true,
She charms the Town with Humour just, yet new.
Chear'd by her promise, we the less deplore
The fatal time when Clive shall be no more.
Might Figure give a title unto Fame, 425
What rival should with Y–t–s dispute her claim?
But Justice may not partial trophies raise,
Nor sink the Actress in the Woman's praise.
Still, hand in hand, her words and actions go,
And the heart feels more than the features shew; 430
For through the regions of that beauteous face,
We no variety of passions trace;
Dead to the soft emotions of the heart,
No kindred softness can those eyes impart;
The brow, still fix'd in Sorrow's gloomy frame, 435
Void of distinction, marks all parts the same.
What rival should with Y–t–s dispute her claim?
But Justice may not partial trophies raise,
Nor sink the Actress in the Woman's praise.
Still, hand in hand, her words and actions go,
And the heart feels more than the features shew; 430
For through the regions of that beauteous face,
We no variety of passions trace;
Dead to the soft emotions of the heart,
No kindred softness can those eyes impart;
The brow, still fix'd in Sorrow's gloomy frame, 435
Void of distinction, marks all parts the same.
What's a fine person, or a beauteous face,
Unless Deportment gives it decent grace?
Bless'd with all other requisites to please,
Some want the striking elegance of Ease; 440
Unless Deportment gives it decent grace?
Bless'd with all other requisites to please,
Some want the striking elegance of Ease; 440
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