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Arcadia's Countess, here, in ermin'd pride,
There, Pastorella by a Fountain side:
Here Fannia leering on her own good man,
And there a naked Leda with a Swan.
Let then the Fair-one beautifully cry
In Magdalen's loose hair and lifted eye,
Or drest in smiles of sweet Cecilia shine,
With simp'ring Angels, Palms, and Harps divine;
Whether the Charmer sinner it, or saint it,
When Folly grows romantic, we must paint it.

Come then, the Colours and the ground prepare!
Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air,
Chuse a firm Cloud before it falls, and in it
Catch, e're she change, the Cynthia of this minute.

Rufa, whose eye quick-glancing o'er the Park,
Attracts each light gay Meteor of a Spark,
Agrees as ill with Rufa studying Locke,
As Flavia's diamonds with her dirty smock,

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