That, when by beaux, smart beaux, carest,
She ne’er may feel a tender care!
But while they sigh, or kneel, or vow,
Think it all done in sport and play;
Or write love-rhymes (as I do now),
Laugh, but not trust a word they say.
TO
A YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN,
WITH THOMSON’S SEASONS, DOUBLED DOWN AT THE STORY OF PALEMON AND LAVINIA.
Anna, when you shall read in this true tale
How young Lavinia from her lowly state