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Till Cæsar first debauch'd us into Vice,
And Maiden-Heads began to bear a Price:
Legions of Trulls then landed on the Shore,
And Rome's succeeding Lords sent over more:
They cloath'd, and taught our Women how to please,
And Civilized the Monsters by degrees.
And Maiden-Heads began to bear a Price:
Legions of Trulls then landed on the Shore,
And Rome's succeeding Lords sent over more:
They cloath'd, and taught our Women how to please,
And Civilized the Monsters by degrees.
Her Woods and Lawns the Huntress now forsook,
To practise Airs in ev'ry Chrystal Brook;
Worship'd the Cyprian Queen in Dian's stead,
Ty'd on the Mantle, and adorn'd her Head;
To jaunty Steps reduc'd her antient stride,
And laid the Quiver, and the Darts aside.
To practise Airs in ev'ry Chrystal Brook;
Worship'd the Cyprian Queen in Dian's stead,
Ty'd on the Mantle, and adorn'd her Head;
To jaunty Steps reduc'd her antient stride,
And laid the Quiver, and the Darts aside.
Old Legislators strove, (but all in vain)
To drive back Vanity beyond the Main;
To drive back Vanity beyond the Main;
And
