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 He had shown her all The Lodgings, great and small; The Tower, the Bower, The Green, the Queen, And fam'd St. George's Hall: Lastly brought her here, To court her for his Dear; To Wed and Bed, And swore he had, A thousand Pound a Year.

Mony the crew Of Sots, think all must do; And now this Fool, Unlearn'd at School, It seems believes so too: But the rare Girl, More worth than Gold or Pearl, Was Nobly got, And brought, and Taught, To slight the sordid World.

She then brisk and gay, That lov'd a Tuneful Lay, In hast pull'd out, Her little Flute, And bad him Sing or Play; He both Arts defy'd, And she as quickly cry'd; Who learnt no way, To Sing nor Say, Shou'd ne'er make her a Bride.