But modern Tragedies extol,

As kindling rapture in the soul.

Affect to know each reigning belle,

That throngs the Playhouse or the Mell,

Declare you're intimate with all

You once have met with at a ball;

At ev'ry female boldly stare,

And crowd the circles of the fair.

Tho' swearing you detest a fool,

Be vers'd in Folly's ample school: