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Think what an Equipage thou haft in Air,
And view with fcorn Two Pages and a Chair.

As now your own, our Beings were of old,
And once inclos'd in Woman's beauteous Mold;
Thence by a foft Tranfition, we repair

From earthly Vehicles to thefe of Air.

Think not, when Woman's tranfient Breath is fled,

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That all her Vanities at once are dead:

Succeeding Vanities fhe ftill regards,

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And tho' the plays no more, o'erlooks the Cards.,
Her Joy in gilded Chariots, when alive,
And Love of Ombre, after Death furvive,
For when the Fair in all their Pride expire,
To their firft Elements the Souls retire:

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And fip with Nymphs, the tomonta
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The graver Prude finks downward to a Gnome, AT
In fearch of Mischief still on Earth to roam.
The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair,.'o gadd
And sport and flutter in the Fields of Air.

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Know farther yet; Whoever fair and chafte I Rejects Mankind, is by fome Sylph embrac❜d: For Spirits, freed from mortal Laws, with ease b Affume what Sexes and what Shapes they please. What guards the Purity of melting Maids, O In Courtly Balls, and Midnight Mafquerades,T Safe from the treach'rous Friend and daring Spark, I The Glance by Day, the Whisper in the Dark br When kind Occafion prompts their warm Defires, W When Musick foftens, and when Dancing fires? T 'Tis but their Sylph, the wife Celeftials know, fo

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Some Nymphs there are, too confcious of their For Life predeftim'd to the Gnomes Embrace.com w Who fwell their Profpects and exalt their Pride, When Offers are disdain'd, and Love deny'd Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant Brain,' :: D While Peers and Dukes, and all their sweeping -And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear,

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And in foft Sounds, Your Grace falutes their Ear.

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Teach Infants Cheeks a bidden Bluff to know,
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Oft when the World imagine Women ftray, The Sylphs thro' myftick Mazes guide theirWay, Thro all the giddy Circle they purfue, mon ded And old Impertinence expel by new.devumu!T What tender Maid but must a Victim fall

Tocone Man's Treat, but for another's Ball?

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When Florio fpeaks, what Virgin could withstand,
If gentle Damon did not squeeze her Hand?
With varying Vanities, from ev'ry Part,

They fhift the moving Toyshop of their Heart;
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Where Wigs with Wigs, with Sword-knots Sword-

Beaus banith Beaus, and Coaches Coaches drive.

This erring Mortals Levity may call,..
Oh blind to Truth! the Sylphs contrive it all.

Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.

Late

Late, as I rang'd the Cryftal Wilds of Air,
In the clear Mirror of thy ruling Star
Ifaw, alas! fome dread Event impend,
E're to the Main this Morning's Sun defcend.

But Heav'n reveals not what, or how, or where:
Warn'd by thy Sylph, Oh Pious Maid, beware!

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This to difclofe is all thy Guardian can.

Beware of all, but moft beware of Man!

[long, He faid; when Shock, who thought the flept too Leapt up, and wak'd his Mistress with his Tongue. "Twas then, Belinda! if Report fay true, Thy Eyes firft open'd on a Billet doux;

Wounds, Charms, and Ardors, were no fooner read, But all the Vision vanifh'd from thy Head.

And now, unveil'd, the Toilet ftands display'd,
Each Silver Vase in mystic Order laid.

First, rob'd in White, the Nymph intent adores
With Head uncover'd, the Cofmetic Pow'rs.
A heav'nly Image in the Glass appears,

To that the bends, to that her Eyes the rears;

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Th' inferiour Prieftefs, Lat her Altar's fide, I
Trembling, begins the faored Rites of Pride, at ni
Unnumber'd Treafures ope at once, and here Al
The various Offrings of the World appears
Fram each the nicely culls with curious, Toil,!-I
And Decks the Goddess with the glittering Spoil.. //
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And all Arabia breaths from yonder Box. o swo
The Tortoife here and Elephant unite,

Transform'd to Combs, the fpeckled and the white.
Hore Files of Pins extend their fhining Rows, I
Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux,
Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms;

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Repairs her Smiles, awakens ev'ry Grace,

And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face;
Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise,

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And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
The bufy Sylphs furround their darling Care;
Thefe fet the Head, and thofe divide the Hair,
Some fold the Sleeve, while others plait the Gowns
And Betty's prais'd for Labours not her own. T
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