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THE MODEL.

Gird thyself with this Persian veil,

But lay not a fold o'er thy limbs so frail;

Throw back thy arm on the pillow white;

Lie half in the shadow, half in the light;

Open thine eyes with a dreamy look;

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Toss down beside thee this vellum book.

Titian had given his life to paint

A Venus so tempting to hermit or saint.

Z.

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