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Auricula. — ‘ Painting .* 
The refining influence of the Arts is, perhaps, never more percep¬ 
tible than in those who cultivate a taste for Painting. 
Celestial Art ! most touching, most sublime, 
And most ennobling — I could worship thee! 
Creative power, that from the wrecks of time, 
Can save and renovate whate’er there be 
Of good, or beautiful, or great in life, 
And Phcenix-like, give back their charms to earth, 
I hail thee, Painting! victor in each strife, 
And claim thy triumphs as I sing thy worth. 
Where’er thou comest darkness fades away, 
And even dullness owns thy magic sway! 
