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He builds a structure, art can ne'er assume Diffusing round, the rose, and lily's bloom Points out the path where peace, & pleasure ^ [[addition]] stray [[/addition]] [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] While virtue and religion lead the way. Then matchless maid I with wonted smiles ^ [[addition]] attend [[/addition]] The heartfelt dictates of an unknown friend; Who strives not thus, to win thy gently ear To whisper, baneful vice, and folly there Would'st thou presence thy pers'nal charms divine Still let theor splendor unaffected shine Let unsophisticated form and face Still speak their origin of heavenly race. Who e'er attempts to raise the roses glow? Or add a whiteness to the virgin snow? Asks the strait poplar to erect its head? Or scatters odor's on the violets bed? Who can prefer clipp'd yew, and formal box To waving beech, or willows dangling locks? Or mimick'd phrase from the chatt'ring jay? To woodland warbling on the vernal spray?
