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Beauty gives Courage; for she knows the dayMust not be won the Amazonian way.Legions of Cupids to the Battel come,For little Britain these, and those for Rome.Drest to advantage, this Illustrious PairArriv'd, for Combat in the List appear.What may the fates design! for never yetFrom distant Regions two such Beauties met:Venus had been an equal friend to both,And Victory to declare her self seems loth.Over the Camp with doubtful Wings she flys;Till Chloris shining in the Field she spys.The lovely Chloris well attended came,A thousand graces waited on the Dame:Her matchless form made all the English glad,And foreign Beauties less assurance had.Yet, like the Three on Ida's Top, they allPretend alike, contesting for the Ball.

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