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. Impromptu to Miss Utrecia Smith
2. Elegy 3. On the Untimely Death of a Certain Learned Acquainance
3. The Landskip
4. Elegy 2. On Posthumous Reputation - To a Friend
5. Song (On every tree, in every plain)

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