She tells the husband when his consort strays;
Her busy tongue, through all the little state,
Diffuses doubt, suspicion, and debate;
Peace, tim’rous goddess! quits her old domain,
In sentiment and song content to reign.
Nor are the nymphs that breathe the rural air
So fair as Cynthia’s, nor so chaste as fair:
These to the town afford each fresher face,
And the clown’s trull receives the peer’s embrace;
From whom, should chance again convey her down,