. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. t Heavn could give^Blended in one fweet Form, ftill feem to live ^Then fink to Tears, nor ftop the burfting Groan,When thou art told that all thofe Charms are Death flill forcing to the GraveThe Good, the Fair, the Virtuous, and the Brave,Here the whole Malice of his Powr put aimd a Dart that flew them all* in one. How ^ Claud, Gille oi Lorraine, born 1600, and died 1682. Dometiico Zampleri, commonly called
. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. t Heavn could give^Blended in one fweet Form, ftill feem to live ^Then fink to Tears, nor ftop the burfting Groan,When thou art told that all thofe Charms are Death flill forcing to the GraveThe Good, the Fair, the Virtuous, and the Brave,Here the whole Malice of his Powr put aimd a Dart that flew them all* in one. How ^ Claud, Gille oi Lorraine, born 1600, and died 1682. Dometiico Zampleri, commonly called Domenichinif born 1561, and died 1641. ^ The Portrait of Catharbie Shorter, firft Wife to Sir Robert JValpok, Shedied Aug, 20, 1737. A P O E M. 143 How Fair, how Good, how Virtuous was the Dame,A thoufand Hearts in Anguilh ft ill proclaim jHow brave her Soul, againft all Fear how fatal Proof ihe gave us when Ihe dyd. Thou then, my Friend, no farther Verfe demand,Full fwells my Breaft, and trembling fhakes my Hand,And thefe fad Lines conclude my mournful Lay,Since we too once muft fall to Death a Prey, ) May we like JValpole meet the fatal Day. FINIS,. IPrinted by John Hughs, near Lincoln s^Inn-Fields.]
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