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Our authors male, as, then, did Jove,
now scratch a damag'd head,
And call for what once quarter'd there,
but find the goddess fled.
now scratch a damag'd head,
And call for what once quarter'd there,
but find the goddess fled.
The fruit of knowledge, golden fruit!
that once forbidden tree,
Hedg'd-in by surly man, is now
to Britain's daughters free:
that once forbidden tree,
Hedg'd-in by surly man, is now
to Britain's daughters free:
In Eve (we know) of fruit so fair
the noble thirst began;
And they, like her, have caus'd a fall,
a fall of fame in man:
the noble thirst began;
And they, like her, have caus'd a fall,
a fall of fame in man:
And since of genius in our sex,
O Addison! with thee
The sun is set; how I rejoice
this sister lamp to see?
O Addison! with thee
The sun is set; how I rejoice
this sister lamp to see?
It sheds, like Cynthia, silver beams
on man's nocturnal state;
His lessen'd light, and languid pow'rs,
I show, whilst I relate.
on man's nocturnal state;
His lessen'd light, and languid pow'rs,
I show, whilst I relate.
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