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And Druids bellow'd till their Lungs were sore,
Alas! their Audience minded them no more;
For Men themselves were Prettier Fellows grown,
And Licens'd Female Follies by their own.
Alas! their Audience minded them no more;
For Men themselves were Prettier Fellows grown,
And Licens'd Female Follies by their own.
Four Ages now, were Fashions at a stand,
Till [1]Hengist seiz'd on this unguarded Land;
With him [2]Rowena (peerless Beauty) came,
(To Brute's expiring Race a fatal Name!)
She from the German Elbe, and Baltic Shore,
Of Charms and Graces brought a deadly Store:
On [3]Vortigern's soft Soul the Poyson wrought,
And in the Syren's Net the King was caught.
Till [1]Hengist seiz'd on this unguarded Land;
With him [2]Rowena (peerless Beauty) came,
(To Brute's expiring Race a fatal Name!)
She from the German Elbe, and Baltic Shore,
Of Charms and Graces brought a deadly Store:
On [3]Vortigern's soft Soul the Poyson wrought,
And in the Syren's Net the King was caught.
Hence
