English poem

On Seeing Miss Fontenelle In A Favourite Character.

Sweet naivet' of feature, Simple, wild, enchanting elf, Not to thee, but thanks to nature, Thou art acting but thyself. Wert thou awkward, stiff, affected, Spurning nature, torturing art; Loves and graces all rejected, Then indeed thou'dst act a part. R. B.

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