On Seeing A Bust Of Mrs. Montague

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Title:     On Seeing A Bust Of Mrs. Montague
Author: Samuel Johnson [More Titles by Johnson]

Had this fair figure, which this frame displays,
Adorn'd in Roman time the brightest days,
In every dome, in every sacred place,
Her statue would have breath'd an added grace,
And on its basis would have been enroll'd,
"This is Minerva, cast in virtue's mould."

[The end]
Samuel Johnson's poem: On Seeing A Bust Of Mrs. Montague

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