Plain as this canvas was, as plain we find, Unlettered unadorned the female mind. No fine ideas fill the vacant soul, No graceful coloring animates the whole. With close attention carefully inwrought, Fair education paints the pleasing thought, Inserts the curious line on proper ground, Completes the whole, and scatters flowers around. My heart exults, while to the attentive eyes The curious needle spreads the enamell’d dyes, While varying shades the pleasing task beguile, My friends approve me, and my parents smile