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(272) Page 272 - Woman, thoughtless, giddy creature
When blood is nipt, and' ways be foul,
Then nijzhtly fines the ftarine owl,. *> . -^ ..
1 u -whit tu-whoo, a merry, merry note, «--
"While greafy Jo^fi doth keel the pot.
When all aloud the wind' doth blow, -r.^ ^nhoZ
And coughing drowns the parfon's {aw,, • ^srfi'i^^
a^nd birds fit brooding in the fiiow, .
And Marianas nofe looks red and raw j
Then roafted crabs hifs in the bowl.
And nightly fmgs the , flaring owl, ... ""
Tu-whit tu-whoo, ainerry, merry note, '*'''" '' ^"^^
While greafy Joan doth keel the pot. '^<?fPF^«^;^
By Mr, "& i^xmsidlhri^p ,-^nb/m~iO
Woman, thoughtlefs, giddy c?ea^w^,fj.. .gallfy/s;) i!b8
Laughing, idl^, fiutt'ring thing.^ ^^^^^^ -^tinVM.
Moft fantaftic v/ork of nature, :-,, ."-lcl>rit aii^.
Still, like fkncy, on the wing. ' '-'^^.^^
Slave to ev'ry cfianging paffion, ; ■ ; . Yolq/iiS:
Loving, having, in extreme, tiriW
Fond of ev'ry foolifh fafhioii, ^.'dJetsis i/f^
And, at beft, a pleafmg- dream,. ritr^^^rv^ k^^
Lovely trifle, dear illufion, - - ^ "-•- ■ i
Conqu'ring weaknels, wilh'd for pab; ^/.^
plan's chief glory, and confufion, . I'&S^S^
of all vanities nioft vain. . •
Thus deriding beauty's power, 1^
.Si?i'/7/<f cali'd it aii a cheat •
But, in lefs than half an hour,
Kneei'd audHvhijl'd at CsUe^h f^ef*

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