LINES for a SCREEN.
TO BE WRITTEN BENEATH THE FIGURE OF "MINERVA HOLDING A CROWN OF OLIVE."
AH! lovely Ladies—while with care
Ye guard from harm your FACES fair;
While spreads the airy PARASOL
To shield you from the beams of SOL;
And many a FAN and VEIL and BLIND
Protect from each intrusive wind:—
And whilst ye deign to intervene
Twixt you and fire, the humble SCREEN!—
Oh! strive alike to guard your hearts
From VICE, and all her wily arts.
Your parasol let VIRTUE prove,
To ward th' attacks of lawless love—
Prudence will prove a screen to thee,
And let thy VEIL be MODESTY.
Attend my words, ye Fair, for know,
This Crown shall grace the worthiest brow.
ORA.
Columbian Centinel, July 27, 1814.
From the Gazette of the U. States.
IMPROMPTU.
On ſeeing a young Lady darning Stockings.
ALONG the ſtocking's foot, with eaſe and grace
Your fingers, lovely Mira, when you move,
On them with eye admiring I will gaze,
And drink deep draughts of all reſiſtleſs love.