Inscription on a GROTTO of Shells at CRUX-EASTON, the Work of Nine young Ladies.

Inscription on a GROTTO of Shells at CRUX-EASTON, the Work of Nine young Ladies.

By Mr. POPE.

HERE shunning idleness at once and praise, This radiant pile nine rural sisters raise; The glitt'ring emblem of each spotless dame, Clear as her soul, and shining as her frame;

Beauty which Nature only can impart, And such a polish as disgraces Art; But Fate dispos'd them in this humble sort, And hid in desarts what wou'd charm a court.