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    Sir Jo[s]hua praised Rubens with a Smile

    By Calling his the ornamental Style

    And yet his praise of Flaxman was the smartest

    When he calld him the Ornamental Artist

    But sure such ornaments we well may spare 5

    As Crooked limbs & louzy heads of hair

  • That first Day, when you praised Me, Sweet,

    And said that I was strong —

    And could be mighty, if I liked —

    That Day — the Days among —


    Glows Central — like a Jewel

    Between Diverging Golds —

    The Minor One — that gleamed behind —

    And Vaster — of the World's.