PLATE I.

"The snares are set, the plot is laid,

Ruin awaits thee, hapless maid!

Seduction sly assails thine ear,

And gloating, foul desire is near;

Baneful and blighting are their smiles,

Destruction waits upon their wiles:

Alas! thy guardian angel sleeps,

Vice clasps her hands, and virtue weeps."—E.