Of thy judicious Muse’s sense,
Young Hinchinbroke so very proud is,
That Sacharissa and Hortense
She looks henceforth upon as dowdies.
Yet she to one must still submit,
To dear Mamma must pay her duty;
She wonders, praising Wilmot’s wit,
Thou shouldst forget his daughter’s beauty.
(Matthew Prior)
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