Lest Men Suspect Your Tale Untrue, Keep

Why Is The Hearse With Scutcheons Blazon'd Round, And With The Nodding Plume Of Ostrich Crown'd? No; The Dead Know It Not, Nor Profit Gain; It Only Serves To Prove The Living Vain.

To Frame The Little Animal, Provide All The Gay Hues That Wait On Female Pride: Let Nature Guide Thee; Sometimes Golden Wire The Shining Bellies Of The Fly Require; The Peacock's Plumes Thy Tackle Must Not Fail, Nor The Dear Purchase Of The Sable's Tail.

How Happy Could I Be With Either, Were T'other Dear Charmer Away!

By Outward Show Let's Not Be Cheated; An Ass Should Like An Ass Be Treated.

How, Like A Moth, The Simple Maid Still Plays Around The Flame!