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'Twas rather her experience made her sage,For she had seen the world, and stoodits test,

As I have said in — I forget what page;

My Muse despises reference, as you haveguess’d

By this time; — hut strike six front seven*and-twenty,

And you will find her sum of years in plenty.

LV.

At sixteen she cams out; presented, vaunted,She put all coronets into commotion :

At seventeen too the world was still enchantedWith the new Venus of their briltiant ocean :At eighteen, though below her feet still pantedA hecatomb of suitors with devotion,

She had consented to create againThat Adam, called «the Happiest of Men. w