“TWO ladies fair, in lively chat;
Began to talk of this and that:-
Cries Celia, “”why within the door
Of church do you go?-’tis quite a bore,
As grave to sit as Simon Pure,
I know ’twill make your phiz demure;
So dull and stupid is the place,
Indeed ’twill spoil your pretty face.””
“”Dear friend,”” cries Ann, “”you quite mistake-
Explain I will, love, for your sake:
To church I go, tho’ not to pray,
‘Tis not polite to stay away!
Besides we go to hear the news,
And shew our feet in pretty shoes:
In talking-laughing, all the while
Of service, we the time beguile:-
New faces and new dresses see,
And are as blithe as blithe can be:-
Then ogle beaus, their hearts to take;
Each sabbath we new conquests make.
Next eyes we lift as tho’ to Heaven,
To shew the blessing to us given;
Their glances steal away each mind,
The man of God may preach to wind:
Our dress too, on the sabbath day,
We can with elegance display;
Our friends next, strive we to outvie,
And make them for our splendor sigh:
Such ends to gain, I’m sure no more,
You cannot style the church a bore!
(Elizabeth Beverley)”
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