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 She was among the first and warmest patrons Of Griscom's conversaziones where In rainbow groups, our bright-eyed maids and matrons, On science bent, assemble; to prepare Themselves for acting well, in life, their part As wives and mothers. There she learned by heart

Words, to the witches in Macbeth unknown. Hydraulics, hydrostatics, and pneumatics, Dioptrics, optics, katoptrics, carbon, Chlorine, and iodine, and aërostatics; Also,—why frogs, for want of air, expire; And how to set the Tappan sea on fire!

In all the modern languages she was Exceedingly well-versed; and had devoted, To their attainment, far more time than has, By the best teachers, lately been allotted; For she had taken lessons, twice a week, For a full month in each; and she could speak

French and Italian, equally as well As Chinese, Portuguese, or German; and,