FULL oft beneath the steril soil conceal’d,
The richest veins of golden treasures lie;
So genius may, her glory unreveal’d,
Be by the world neglected and pass’d by,
While sunk in poverty’s sequester’d shade,
Though the rough form no outward polish bear,
And tho’ in nature’s rustic garb array’d,
The choicest gifts of genius may be there.
Unpolish’d grandeur fills the sober mind,
Inspiring awful wonder as we gaze;
While modish art, with beauty more refin’d,
Smiles and enchants us with her softer rays:
Give me the mind where genius sits alone,
Creating worlds and kingdoms of her own.
(Elizabeth Bath)
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