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"But what! when CHLORA, earth-born maid, "Invited to the facred shade,

"Is told, by Profanation's voice,

"That her's o'er Wifdom-felf's the choice,

"That She-yes, fuch the ftrange appeal,

"Can Wisdom's dictates beft reveal;

"How recreant dare again address

"The Goddess in her dread recefs;

"How not in penitential tone,

"Proftrate th' unhallow'd lapfe bemoan,

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Whofe offspring, rebel to her reign,

To local limits would restrain

Those charms that Nature, and that you,
Spread ample, unrestrain'd, and true:

And as the Artist's works of fire,
(Whofe varied hues we all admire)
Diverging forth their starry rays,
Excite our wonder and our praise ;
Oh fay, if say we mortals can,

What 'tis Senfation gives to Man,

When in her Rainbow-vestment clad,

Nature, his heart elate and glad,

Impreffes with her heavenly rays,

That spread and shine ten thousand ways!

And shall th' unnatural human mind

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