Epigram On Seeing Miss Fontenelle In A F
epigram on seeing miss fontenelle in a favourite charactersweet naivete 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'd'st act a part.
