Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem . ress should ravishd ears he hardly dared to trust,—It could not be Eliza ;—yet, it must 108 TAKINGS. XLI. He had desired an hour or two to muse, Could Mrs. Bosky such delay have brooked ; But now his pencil he began to use, To paint the face,—not that on which he looked ; But that which he suspected to be near, A face though once neglected, always dear. XLII. And so he Mrs. Boskys likeness made, A little more than passible to pass;( Such things are common in the way of trade ), But fearfully at variance with her was the mirr
Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem . ress should ravishd ears he hardly dared to trust,—It could not be Eliza ;—yet, it must 108 TAKINGS. XLI. He had desired an hour or two to muse, Could Mrs. Bosky such delay have brooked ; But now his pencil he began to use, To paint the face,—not that on which he looked ; But that which he suspected to be near, A face though once neglected, always dear. XLII. And so he Mrs. Boskys likeness made, A little more than passible to pass;( Such things are common in the way of trade ), But fearfully at variance with her was the mirrors fault, as she could swear,Most aged ladies find good glasses rare. XLIII. She could of course believe the painters eyes,The picture therefore gave great satisfaction ; And TakealFs skill, applauded to the skies,Was promised an extensive field of action. Tom thought to paint what sitters would applaud, A tolerably honest kind of fraud. .8DMiaAT 861 IJX i of ovrt io foori tut hQihoh bad oil\Blob dom ydzott .8*iM bluoO tr^q ehi won Jjj3. .noiiOB lo Dm^viafiofzo n« hszimoiq znW1 JSMqqe bluow riattia teriw taiuq oJ irfgnoili moT.{mini lo fmiif tedfiori yfdfiiafoi A V ? . 001 .71 OTWAO .YIJZ 8«9loiq Yte&nB te0**1 otWf olqos*!^luaisolq fiofU oi JjshbB 9YiJjrf oriw 98odi ovisa oT t889ii8ib I99I gemrisflioa atobngqob ifedi i9 J,89t«8B9m isqibiq ajjtf bnsriimoDOi oi ^arfi 9i3f8^-eb ^flBm dguoidi aidi b90fioh9qx9 HfioriaT,98f£iq x^qfli^ bflfi sqorf no-nad no gnivxciS VJX J)ftim eid -leiYfiooTnooann orii fol Hii8; ilol *89*i9ini iad^noYte sdi ^Iin ,teY .biovii oi io <jf998 oi idguo od todiodW IVJX 9livai oi easflfimn 919wif «»bw od an 100*! ; bWilrioo 9oa6 fnoiio9*&B 1o IjjwohoH oiinu oi iod 91129b oi 88oanB9m bnA . bf889ii8ib bn& b&ldaiud oa oao diiw oijtf 19H Mfor aid od oi idguo tn9f& tnuda oi id^uodi oH .(lito loimiirio 9fii UwMWq ,oa ^fii/frndi bnA CANTO IV. 109
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