A SYLPH, my dear aunt, is the gift which I send,
In the hope it will warm , and comfort my friend;
For comfort and warmth are so nearly allied,
That we own their affinity round a fire-side.
Yet methinks, my dear aunt, I hear you exclaim,
“A tippet term’d sylph! who gave it that name?”
Not your niece, my dear ma’am, I vow and declare,
But that potent queen Fashion , who rules all the fair.
‘Twas Fashion, that arbitress rigidly great,
Who turns, as she pleases, the helm of her state!
Yet a sylph , you must know, the poets declare,
Is an
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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