To her poor friends 'tis now her pride to tell

On what a height she stood before she fell;

At church she points to one tall seat, and "There

We sat," she cries, "when my papa was mayor."

Not quite correct in what she now relates,

She alters persons, and she forges dates;

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And, finding memory's weaker help decay'd,

She boldly calls invention to her aid.

Touch'd by the pity he had felt before,