LV.

At sixteen she came out; presented, vaunted,

She put all coronets into commotion:

At seventeen, too, the World was still enchanted

With the new Venus of their brilliant Ocean:

At eighteen, though below her feet still panted

A Hecatomb of suitors with devotion,

She had consented to create again

That Adam, called "The happiest of Men."

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