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And on a greasy Plate with Care,

Carves the bright Image of the Fair.

Another, tho’ a drunken Sot,

Neglects his Wine, and on the PotA Band of naked Cupids draws,

With - ' no bigger than Wheat Straws,

Then on a nasty Candlestick "J

One figures Lew's Hieroglyphics, >

A Couchant — and Rampant . J

And that the Sight may more inflame -j

The Lookers-on, subscribes her Namp, >

Cuff ley ! her Sex’s Pride and Shame : J

There’s not a Man but does discover, ■j

By some such Action, he’s a Lover ; ?

But now ’tis Time to give her over. -*

And let your Lordship know you areThe Mistress that employs our Care.

Your Absence makes us melancholy ;

Nor Drink, nor Love, can make us jolly,

Unless we’ve you within our Arms,

In whom there dwells diviner Charms.

Then quit with Speed the pensive Grove *,

And here in Town pursue your Love ;

Where, at your Coming, you (hall find ■>

Your Servant glad, your Mistress kind ; >

All Things devoted to your Mind. J

* Knowle, in Kent, the Seat of the Earl of Dorset.

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