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144 THE POEMS OF ANNE �Nor be your motions rude, coquet or wild, Shuffling or lame, as if in nursing spoil' d : Slight not th' advantage of a graceful mein, Tho' Paris gave the prize to beauty's Queen, When Juno mov'd, Venus could scarce be seen : And if to fashions past you can't submit, Pretend at least to some degree of wit ; The men who fear now with it to accost Still love the name, tho' you've the habit lost. 50 Assert your pow'r in early days begun, Born to undo, be not yourselves undone, Contemn' d, and cheap, as easy to be won. If thus, like Sov'reigns you maintain your ground, The rebells at your feet will soon be found ; And when with wise authority you move, No new surprise, no prodigy will prove, To see one man, or the whole race in love. �A PASTORAL DIALOGUE �Between Two Shepherdesses �Silvia �Pretty Nymph! within this shade, Whilst the Flocks to rest are laid, Whilst the World dissolves in Heat, Take this cool, and flow'ry Seat: And with pleasing Talk awhile Let us two the Time beguile; Tho' thou here no Shepherd see, To encline his humble Knee, Or with melancholy Lays Sing thy dangerous Beauty's Praise. 10 �Dorinda �Nymph! with thee I here wou'd stay, But have heard, that on this Day, ��� �