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WHEN Jove in anger to the sons of the earth	A
Bid artful Vulcan give Pandora birth	A
And sent the fatal gift which spread below	B
O'er all the wretched race contagious woe	B
Unhappy man by vice and folly tost	C
Found in the storms of life his quiet lost	C
While Envy Avarice and Ambition hurl'd	C
Discord and death around the warring world	C
Then the blest peasant left his fields and fold	C
And barter'd love and peace for power and gold	C
Left his calm cottage and his native plain	D
In search of wealth to tempt the faithless main	D
Or braving danger in the battle stood	C
And bathed his savage hands in human blood	C
No longer then his woodland walks among	E
The shepherd lad his genuine passion sung	E
Or sought at early morn his soul's delight	C
Or graved her name upon the bark at night	C
To deck her flowing hair no more he wove	F
The simple wreath or with ambitious love	G
Bound his own brow with myrtle or with bay	H
But broke his pipe or threw his crook away	H
The nymphs forsaken other pleasures sought	C
Then first for gold their venal hearts were bought	C
And nature's blush to sickly art gave place	I
And affectation seized the seat of grace	I
No more simplicity by sense refined	C
Or generous sentiment possess'd the mind	C
No more they felt each other's joy and woe	B
And Cupid fled and hid his useless bow	J
But with deep grief propitious Venus pined	C
To see the ills which threaten'd womankind	C
Ills that she knew her empire would disarm	K
And rob her subjects of their sweetest charm	K
Good humour's potent influence destroy	L
And change for lowering frowns the smile of joy	L
Then deeply sighing at the mournful view	M
She tried at length what heavenly art could do	M
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To bring back Pleasure to her pensive train	D
And vindicate the glories of her reign	D
A thousand little loves attend the task	N
And bear from Mars's head his radiant casque	N
The fair enchantress on its silver bound	C
Weaved with soft spells her magic cestus round	C
Then shaking from her hair ambrosial dew	M
Infused fair hope and expectation new	M
And stifled wishes and persuasive sighs	O
And fond belief and 'eloquence of eyes	O
And falt'ring accents which explain so well	P
What studied speeches vainly try to tell	P
And more pathetic silence which imparts	Q
Infectious tenderness to feeling hearts	Q
Soft tones of pity fascinating smiles	R
And Maia's son assisted her with wiles	R
And brought gay dreams fantastic visions brought	C
And waved his wand o'er the seducing draught	C
Then Zephyr came to him the goddess cried	C
'Go fetch from Flora all her flowery pride	C
To fill my charm each scented bud that blows	S
And bind my myrtles with her thornless rose	S
Then speed thy flight to Gallia's smiling plain	D
Where rolls the Loire the Garonne and the Seine	T
Dip in their waters thy celestial wing	N
And the soft dew to fill my chalice bring	N
But chiefly tell thy Flora that to me	T
She send a bouquet of her fleurs de lys	S
That poignant spirit will complete my spell '	-
'Tis done the lovely sorceress says 'tis well	P
And now Apollo lends a ray of fire	U
The caldron bubbles and the flames aspire	V
The watchful Graces round the circle dance	S
With arms entwined to mark the work's advance	S
And with full quiver sportive Cupid came	W
Temp'ring his favourite arrows in the flame	W
Then Venus speaks the wavering flames retire	V
And Zephyr's breath extinguishes the fire	U
At length the goddess in the helmet's round	C
A sweet and subtile spirit duly found	C
More soft than oil than ether more refined	C
Of power to cure the woes of womankind	C
And call'd it Flattery balm of female life	X
It charms alike the widow maid and wife	X
Clears the sad brow of virgins in despair	Y
And smooths the cruel traces left by care	Y
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Bids palsied age with youthful spirit glow	B
And hangs May's garlands on December's snow	B
Delicious essence howsoe'er applied	C
By what rude nature is thy charm denied	C
Some form seducing still thy whisper wears	S
Stern Wisdom turns to thee her willing ears	S
And Prudery listens and forgets her fears	S
The rustic nymph whom rigid aunts restrain	D
Condemn'd to dress and practise airs in vain	D
At thy first summons finds her bosom swell	P
And bids her crabbed gouvernantes farewell	P
While fired by thee with spirit not her own	Z
She grows a toast and rises into ton	A2
The faded beauty who with secret pain	D
Sees younger charms usurp her envied reign	D
By thee assisted can with smiles behold	C
The record where her conquests are enroll'd	C
And dwelling yet on scenes by memory nursed	C
When George the Second reign'd or George the First	C
She sees the shades of ancient beaux arise	S
Who swear her eyes exceeded modern eyes	S
When poets sung for her and lovers bled	C
And giddy fashion follow'd as she led	C
Departed modes appear in long array	H
The flowers and flounces of her happier day	H
Again her locks the decent fillets bind	C
The waving lappet flutters in the wind	C
And then comparing with a proud disdain	D
The more fantastic tastes that now obtain	D
She deems ungraceful trifling and absurd	C
The gayer world that moves round George the Third	C
Nor thy soft influence will the train refuse	S
Who court in distant shades the modest Muse	S
Though in a form more pure and more refined	C
Thy soothing spirit meets the letter'd mind	C
Not death itself thine empire can destroy	L
Tow'rds thee even then we turn the languid eye	B2
Still trust in thee to bid our memory bloom	C2
And scatter roses round the silent tomb	C2

Charlotte Smith

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