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onthesamepicturebeingremovedtomakeplaceforaportraitofaladybytitian.

(bymarylamb.1805)

whoartthou,fairone,whousurp'sttheplace

ofblanch,theladyofthematchlessgrace?

come,fairandpretty,telltome,

who,inthylife-time,thoumight'stbe.

thouprettyartandfair,

butwiththeladyblanchthounevermustcompare.

noneedforblanchherhistorytotell;

whoeversawherface,theytheredidreaditwell.

butwhenilookonthee,ionlyknow

therelivedaprettymaidsomehundredyearsago.