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XXII. 



Nor need that nice fastidious eye 

 Donax /S unheedful, pass thee by, 



Though not to thee we know, 

 Belong such grace of form and air, 

 That tliou with Vonis coiddst compare, 

 Nor art tliou chosen, emblem fair, 



Simphcity to shew. 



XXIII. 



Hail Venus !^ Hail! The muse essays. 



Justly to celebrate thy praise, 



And pay thee honor due ; 



No fair could boast a purer white. 



No costly suit than thine more bright, 



Howe'er with ornament bedight, 



Of ev'ry varying hue. 



