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And as the limbs by few bold ftrokes expreft 

 Expel in beauty, fo the liberal veft 

 In large, diftind, unwri-nkled folds iliould fly ; 

 Beauty's beft handmaid is Simplicity. 



To different Ranks adapt their proper robe 285 

 With ample pall let monarchs fweep the globe ; 

 In garb fuccin6t and coarfe, array the Swain. 

 In light and filken veils the Virgin train. 



Where in black {hade the deeper hollow lies 

 Affifting art fome midway fold fupplies 290 



That gently meets the light, and gently fpreads 

 break the hardnefs of oppofing ihades. 



Et Membra, ut magnis, paucifque exprefTa lacertis, ' 

 'Majeftate aliis praeflant, forma, atque decore : 20^5 



Haud fecus in pannis, quos fupra optavimus amplos, 

 Perpaucos finuum flexus, .rugafque, ftriafque, 

 Membra fuper, yerfu facile.s, inducere praeflat. 



Naturaeque rei proprius lit pannus, abundans 

 Patriciis;; Aiccindtus erit, craffufque bubulcis, 210 



Mancipiifque ; kvis teneris, gracilifque puellis. 



Inque cavis maculifque umbrarum aliquando tumefcet, 

 Lumen ut excipiens, operis qua mafia requirit, 

 jLatius extendat, fublatifque aggreget umbris. 



