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60  Mordaunt, th’ once her ſlave, inſults the fair Whoſe fetters ’t was his pride in youth to wear. So Lucifer revolted brav’d the Power Whom he was wont to worſhip and implore: Like impious is their rage who have in chaſe A new omnipotence in Grafton’s face. But Rocheſter, undaunted, juſt, and wiſe, Aſſerts the goddeſs with the charming eyes: And, O! may Beauty never want reward For thee, her noble champion, and her guard. Beauty triumphs, and Law ſubmitting lies; The tyrant tam’d, aloud for mercy cries: Conqueſt can never fail in radiant Grafton’s eyes. when ſome image of a charming face, In living paint, an artiſt tries to trace, He carefully conſults each beauteous line, Adjuſting to his object his deſign; We praiſe the piece, and give the painter fame, But as the juſt reſemblance ſpeaks the dame. Poets are limners of another kind, To copy out ideas in the mind; Words are the paint by which their thoughts are ſhown; And Nature ſits, the object to be drawn;