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HE various beauties which from Labor spring, The willing muse, in artlesverse, would sing: But nobler motives lay a stronger claim, Important duties damp the Muse's flame, Or She'd a tale unfold!

What beauteous works from refin'd arise, To grace the and, and charm the eyes; To grace the, and , the , and , And ornament our Beltes and Beaux, full drest; The orient, and blazing , feel Their lustre, oft, outvied by polish'd.

Witnes each sparkling and radiant , Some years ago, that grac'd Britannia's throne; The, the the  then wore, And full plum'd, that bore; Then tens of thousands hail'd the jocund day, And taste and fashion, bore the palm away.