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Now, Reader, 'tis expedient here
That a new Personage appear,
Not new to all, tho' some won't own
They have before this Lady known,
Of whom Apollo mention made,
In what he to the Muses said;
Nor needs there trumpeting or drumming,
To tell you that Vexation's coming;
Yet ere she reaches the Stage-door,
Allow me just to step before,
And as the ancient Chorus came,
Give you the outlines of this Dame.
That a new Personage appear,
Not new to all, tho' some won't own
They have before this Lady known,
Of whom Apollo mention made,
In what he to the Muses said;
Nor needs there trumpeting or drumming,
To tell you that Vexation's coming;
Yet ere she reaches the Stage-door,
Allow me just to step before,
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Give you the outlines of this Dame.
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