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To show the lab'ring bosom's deep intent, / And thought in living characters to paint, / When first thy pencil did those beauties give, / And breathing figures learnt from thee to live, / How did those prospects give my soul delight, / A new creation rushing on my sight?
Still, wond'rous youth! each noble path pursue, / On deathless glories fix thine ardent view: / Still may the painter's and the poet's fire