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PLATE III. A brothel.
O vanity of youthful blood,
So by misuse to poison Good!
Woman, fram'd for social love,
Fairest gift of pow'rs above;
Source of ev'ry houshold blessing,
All charms in innocence possessing—
But turn'd to Vice all plagues above,
Foe to thy being, foe to Love!
Guest divine to outward viewing,
Abler minister of ruin!
So by misuse to poison Good!
Woman, fram'd for social love,
Fairest gift of pow'rs above;
Source of ev'ry houshold blessing,
All charms in innocence possessing—
But turn'd to Vice all plagues above,
Foe to thy being, foe to Love!
Guest divine to outward viewing,
Abler minister of ruin!
And thou no less of gift divine,
Sweet Poison of misused Wine!
With freedom led to ev'ry part,
And secret chamber of the heart;
Dost thou thy friendly host betray,
And shew thy riotous gang the way
To enter in with covert treason,
O'erthrow the drowsy guard of reason,
To ransack the abandon'd place,
And revel there with wild excess?
Sweet Poison of misused Wine!
With freedom led to ev'ry part,
And secret chamber of the heart;
Dost thou thy friendly host betray,
And shew thy riotous gang the way
To enter in with covert treason,
O'erthrow the drowsy guard of reason,
To ransack the abandon'd place,
And revel there with wild excess?
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