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