And brightens all the place;

But, when the Goddess disappears,

Our drooping heads and eyes in tears

Will witness our distress.’

Quoted by Lewis Melville, Bath under Beau Nash.

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‘Poor Bladud, he was manger grown; his dad, which zum call vather,

Zet Bladud pig, and pig Bladud, and zo they ved together.

Then Bladud did the Pigs invect, who, grumbling, ran away,

And vound whot Waters presently, which made him fresh and gay.