And kept her whom he once admir’d

From every Stranger’s Sight.

But “why,” the Wife indignant cry’d,

“Am I insulted and denied 20

Our Friends or Foes to see?”—

“Because I feel a prudent fear

[Thy] Person should to all appear

As it appears to me.”

JANE ADAIR.

Wert thou, my Love, some Vagrant Maid