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In this the Master-strokes of Art behold,
Great the Invention, as the Work is bold!
Should now Good natur'd Nymphs, (which Heav'n forefend!)
To Grant too early Favours condescend;
See here, the happy means proposed to shun,
The Fatal Danger, when the Fault is done.
Had Chloe's Self,—but let none hence infer,
That Virtue so severe as her's could err!
Had she, in Need, devis'd this rare Machine,
Untouched, as now, her Chastity had been:
Let no Coy Nymphs of Remedy despair,
Contrivance is the Province of the Fair.
Secure from Censure, let each dauntless Maid,
Rush to the Field, and find a ready Aid;
Let no vain Fears of future Ills detain,
The Lovesick Virgin from the Longing Swain,
Great the Invention, as the Work is bold!
Should now Good natur'd Nymphs, (which Heav'n forefend!)
To Grant too early Favours condescend;
See here, the happy means proposed to shun,
The Fatal Danger, when the Fault is done.
Had Chloe's Self,—but let none hence infer,
That Virtue so severe as her's could err!
Had she, in Need, devis'd this rare Machine,
Untouched, as now, her Chastity had been:
Let no Coy Nymphs of Remedy despair,
Contrivance is the Province of the Fair.
Secure from Censure, let each dauntless Maid,
Rush to the Field, and find a ready Aid;
Let no vain Fears of future Ills detain,
The Lovesick Virgin from the Longing Swain,
Scandal
