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First Line: Here shunning idleness at once and praise
Last Line: And hid in desarts what wou'd charm a court.
Variant Title(s): Inscription On A Grotto, The Work Of Nine Ladies


Here shunning idleness at once and praise
This radiant pile nine rural sisters raise;
The glitt'ring emblem of each spotless dame,
Clear as her soul, and shining as her frame;
Beauty which Nature only can impart,
And such a polish as disgraces Art;
But Fate dispos'd them in this humble sort,
And hid in desarts what wou'd charm a court.





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