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The Court of Cupid

By the Author of the Meretriciad [i.e. Edward Thompson]. Containing the Eighth Edition of the Meretriciad, with great Additions. In Two Volumes
  
  

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AN EPITAPH, Written in the year 1766, Upon the Death and Burial of a MAID.

Beneath these stones a lovely Maid's repos'd,
Who, while alive a secret ne'er disclos'd:
She on her back is still supinely laid,
The pious posture of a dying Maid.