Yet kept from knowing what would make us priz'd.
Debarr'd from Knowledge, banish'd from the Schools,
And with the utmost Industry bred Fools.
Laugh'd out of Reason, jested out of Sense,
And nothing left but Native Innocence:
Or that my Sex would all such Toys despise;
And only study to be Good, and Wise:
Instead of Novels, Histories peruse,