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EPIGRAM,
IN A MAID OF HONOUR'S PRAYER BOOK.
WHEN Israel's daughters mourn'd their past offences,
They dealt in sackcloth, and turn'd cinder-wenches:
But Richmond's fair ones never spoil their locks;
They use white powder, and wear Holland smocks.
O comely church! where females find clean linen
As decent to repent in, as to sin in.
THE BALANCE OF EUROPE.
NOW Europe's balanc'd, neither side prevails;
For nothing's left in either of the scales.
A PANE-
