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From THRONES he sauntering, talking Heroes chose,
But for an active Heroine now rakes the STEWS;
And whence he'l fetch the Next—he only knows:
Yet Creswell, sure, of infamous Renown,
Or some more antique Matron of this Town,
May reasonably next invoke his Pen,
To do her Justice in his LOFTY SCENE.
Nor can she, sure, his Lofty Scene disgrace,
Since Baud, in breeding, still of Whore takes place.
For Baud's arriv'd to the grave Doctor's State,
While Whore is but an Under-Graduate;
Baud's maudlin Tone, from penitential Cart,
Like Thespis, Founder of the Tragick Art,
Must have the Force to move each amorous Heart.
But for an active Heroine now rakes the STEWS;
And whence he'l fetch the Next—he only knows:
Yet Creswell, sure, of infamous Renown,
Or some more antique Matron of this Town,
May reasonably next invoke his Pen,
To do her Justice in his LOFTY SCENE.
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Since Baud, in breeding, still of Whore takes place.
For Baud's arriv'd to the grave Doctor's State,
While Whore is but an Under-Graduate;
Baud's maudlin Tone, from penitential Cart,
Like Thespis, Founder of the Tragick Art,
Must have the Force to move each amorous Heart.
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