...fortune promised once, Thrill'd in her thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embowering...

...Lavinia seizes the happy moment and triumphs. Thomson describes the " polished limbs" of Lavinia, " Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament ; But is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Welsted's Love Tale contains a parallel thought. " She boasts more graces...

...dewy star £. ** 'Of evening, shone in tents. A native grace Rat fair projmrtion'd on her poliah'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire,...loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,- ' " Hut Is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the nrnst. Thoughtless -of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Eecluse...

...tears. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limhs, Veil'd in a simple rohe, their hest attire, Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd. adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of heauty, she was heauty's self, Recluse amid the close emhowering...

...and executive halls, was, because "a native grace sat fair proportioned on her polished limbs, veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, beyond the pomp of dress." But that the present administration, in bringing forward this damsel of democracy, had decked her off...

...star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering...

...rival in the rose, as it possesses, like her, a grace which is more lovely than beauty itself. BEAUTY. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most; Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embowering...

...the triumph of her eyes ; Takes] ' Abstulerat miseris tecta superbus ager.' Martial, Ep. 1, 2, 3 i4 ' Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.' Thomson. Autumn, 1. 202. But when those charms are past, for charms are...

...triumph of her eyes ; 13 Takes'] ' Abstulerat miseris tecta superbus ager.' Martial, Ep. 1..2, 3 14 ' Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.' But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances,...

...200 Of evening, shone in tears. A native grate Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp...loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, 205 As in the hollow breast of Apennine, Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, 210 A myrtle rises,...