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With pleasing hopes she fed her ravish'd Mind,
And thought she view'd what was but yet design'd:
Officious Betty now to Sight appears,
And growns beneath the heavy Weight she bears,
The ample Table now before her spread,
Each Female Trinket was in order laid.
And thought she view'd what was but yet design'd:
Officious Betty now to Sight appears,
And growns beneath the heavy Weight she bears,
The ample Table now before her spread,
Each Female Trinket was in order laid.
Here, Rows of Pins, of various sort and size,
Stood fix'd on Paper stain'd with Crimson Dies;
The Scizzars here, and there, the Needles lay,
And Shades of diff'rent Silks confus'dly gay;
The Thimble here, with many a Story wrought
Of Nymphs by cunning to Compliance brought;
Calisto here, without her Quiver's seen,
Stretch'd at her Ease upon the flow'ry Green,
Stood fix'd on Paper stain'd with Crimson Dies;
The Scizzars here, and there, the Needles lay,
And Shades of diff'rent Silks confus'dly gay;
The Thimble here, with many a Story wrought
Of Nymphs by cunning to Compliance brought;
Calisto here, without her Quiver's seen,
Stretch'd at her Ease upon the flow'ry Green,
Whilst
