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WHEN Israel's daughters mourn'd their past offences, They dealt in sackcloth, and turn'd cinder-wenches: But Richmond's fair ones never spoil their locks; They use white powder, and wear Holland smocks. O comely church! where females find clean linen As decent to repent in, as to sin in.

NOW Europe's balanc'd, neither side prevails; For nothing's left in either of the scales. A PANE-