Occasioned By The Panegyricks Bestowed On A celebrated Novel, Written By A celebrated Female Character
T HOUGH female misfortunes our pity may claim,
And feminine talents are worthy of Fame;
Yet in vain shall the pen of a Prostitute try
To gloss over crimes with an infamous dye;
No! Chastity, ne'er shall thy laurels be tor'n
From the innocent brow which thy splendours adorn,
By the hand of false beauty, that soothes to betray,
And softens the heart but to lead it astray.
— Henceforth then no more of the talents and worth
Of Vice and her minions, disgraces of earth!
Let the volumes be clos'd Affectation displays,
And the head disregard what the heart cannot praise.
And feminine talents are worthy of Fame;
Yet in vain shall the pen of a Prostitute try
To gloss over crimes with an infamous dye;
No! Chastity, ne'er shall thy laurels be tor'n
From the innocent brow which thy splendours adorn,
By the hand of false beauty, that soothes to betray,
And softens the heart but to lead it astray.
— Henceforth then no more of the talents and worth
Of Vice and her minions, disgraces of earth!
Let the volumes be clos'd Affectation displays,
And the head disregard what the heart cannot praise.
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