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Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noontide ray Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.

— William Mason

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The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.

When'er with soft serenity she smiled,
Or caught the orient blush of quick surprise,
How sweetly mutable, how brightly wild,
The liquid lustre darted from her eyes?

On the Death of a Lady (1760)

There is a solemn luxury in grief.

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