Their drawings, dancings on appointed days,

Playing with globes, and getting parts of plays;

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The tender friendships made 'twixt heart and heart,

When the dear friends had nothing to impart:—

All! all! are over;—now th' accomplished maid

Longs for the world, of nothing there afraid.

Dreams of delight invade her gentle breast,

And fancied lovers rob the heart of rest;

At the paternal door a carriage stands,