To beauteous Marcia often will repair,
With a dark text to light it at the fair.
Oh how his pious soul exults to find
Such love for holy men in womankind!
Charmed with her learning, with what rapture he
Hangs on her bloom, like an industrious bee;
Hums round about her, and with all his power,
Extracts sweet wisdom from so fair a flower.
More respectfully, Mrs. Barbauld appears to allude to the circumstance when addressing Mrs. Rowe, she says:
Thynne, Carteret, Blackmore, Orrery approved,