Sat. V. The Universal Passion .

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■ A dearth of words a woman need not fear,

?S; But ’tis a task indeed to learn —- to hear .

^ In that the skill of conversation lyes,

That jhows, or makes you both polite, and wife.ediy

Zantippe crys “let Nymphs who nought can fay,« Be lost in silence, and resign the day:iff. « And let the guilty wife her guilt confess“ By tame behaviour, and a soft address."

Thro’ virtue , she refuses to complyA With all the dictates of humanity,cti, Thro’ wisdom, Jhe refuses to submitftst\ To wisdom’s rules, and raves to prove her wit::ba4 Then, her unblemiiht honour to maintain,niiu Rejects her husband’s kindness with disdain.

But if by chance an ill-adapted wordProps from the lip of her unwary Lord,

G 4 Her