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[[underline]] Mon portrait [[/underline]] by G. Ellis Esq. [[underline]] A Sketch [[/underline]] Oh [[underline]] truth! [[/underline]] altho' you love to dwell Stark naked in a dirty Well Do, for this once throw off your spleen Consent one moment to be seen I know that Hermits such as you Are not quite fit for public view; Nor would I wish to shew you thus [[foreign: Latin]] "In puris naturalibus," [[/foreign]] But let Miss Fancy dress your hair And Flora strew some roses there Venus for robes may stand your friend Or else some Nymph a fig leaf lend, And then suppose you wash'd your face (Your well may sure afford you water) I think you'd have a better grace Before my Lady and her Daughter; --
