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LA Belle Coquet.
Far other Passions rule gay Fulvia's Mind;To Masks and Op'ras all her Soul's inclin'd:
Balls and Assemblys dance before her Sight.
And all that's Modish gives a new Delight.
That dear Thing! Fashion sways her gentle Soul,
And all that's airy all her Thoughts controul:
If Churches were design'd for nought but Pray'r,
She'd as soon drop the Fashion, as go there.
But—lucky Hitt! O England! happy spot!
What kind Indulgence happens to thy Lot!
Where Churches are erected, and are meant,
As well for Folks to Sin in as Repent:
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With Head aside, and soft, affected Smiles,
Throws into Practise all her Female Art,
And draws the Tinseld Coxcomb to her Heart.
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