Not ever had the painter's jealous veil
Shrouded the fair Pandora's charms:
Innocence was naked and without alarm.
She wrapped herself in modesty alone.

Le Peintre n'avoit point, sous un voile jaloux,
De la belle Pandore enseveli les charmes:
L'innocence étoit nue et l'étoit sans alarmes.
Elle s'enveloppoit de sa seule pudeur.

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