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vi The God of taste combin'd their separate charms,

And bright perfection hail'd him to her arms;

But when a sister art here dar'd to trace,

Forgive th' attempt, the soul's sublimer grace,

Oft as her fancy sketched the feeling breast,

The heart where filial fondness shines confest,

The tender ties that kindred spirits bind,

And all the angel virtues of the mind,

From one pure source these soften'd tints she drew,

That source Affection, and her model, YOU.