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had a tall Man's height, or more;

No bonnet screened her from the heat;

A long drab-coloured Cloak she wore,

A Mantle reaching to her feet:

What other dress she had I could not know;

Only she wore a Cap that was as white as snow.

In all my walks, through field or town,

Such Figure had I never seen:

Her face was of Egyptian brown:

Fit person was she for a Queen,

To head those ancient Amazonian files:

Or ruling Bandit's Wife, among the Grecian Isles.