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The Canvas here to Nobler Use apply'd,
Shall spread its ample Breadth with envy'd Pride;
Tho' from the Pencil, first, it gain'd a Name,
The Fair have rais'd it to superior Fame.
Shall spread its ample Breadth with envy'd Pride;
Tho' from the Pencil, first, it gain'd a Name,
The Fair have rais'd it to superior Fame.
This Praise, Illustrious Nymph! be justly thine,
This Work alone, proclaims thy Pow'r Divine,
Venus no more shall o'er the Sex preside,
But all adore, who all defects can hide.
To teach these Am'rous Faults, be her's alone,
All Woman-kind the Deity shall own,
That did the Means to cover them make known.
Thy Matchless Fame for ever shall survive,
Who didst so quickly such a Work contrive,
Leapt thus the World to Being at a Call
And Jove's almighty Fiat form'd a Ball.
This Work alone, proclaims thy Pow'r Divine,
Venus no more shall o'er the Sex preside,
But all adore, who all defects can hide.
To teach these Am'rous Faults, be her's alone,
All Woman-kind the Deity shall own,
That did the Means to cover them make known.
Thy Matchless Fame for ever shall survive,
Who didst so quickly such a Work contrive,
Leapt thus the World to Being at a Call
And Jove's almighty Fiat form'd a Ball.
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