Poem by William Shenstone

Hint from Voiture

Let Sol his annual journeys run,
And when the radiant task is done,
Confess, through all the globe, 'twou'd pose him,
To match the charms that Celia shows him.

And should he boast he once had seen
As just a form, as bright a mien,
Yet must it still for ever pose him
To match - what Celia never shows him.

1. Elegy 25. To Delia, with Some Flowers
2. The Attribute of Venus
3. Charms of Precedence
4. Elegy 3. On the Untimely Death of a Certain Learned Acquainance
5. Comparison

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