The fair sex should be always fair ; and no man,Till thirty, should perceive there’s a plainwoman.

XV.

And after that serene and somewhat dull

Epoch, that awkward corner turned for daysMore quiet, when our Moon ’s no more at full,"VV’e may presume to criticize or praise;Because indifference begins to lull

Our passions, and we walk in wisdom's ways;Also because the figure and tbe faceHint, that 'tis time to give the younger place.

V.

I know that some would fain postpone this era,Reluctant as all placemen to resignTheir post; but their’s is merely a chimera,For they have passed life’s equinoctial line: