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EPIGRAM.
[When nought diverts a Peeress from her Aim]
When nought diverts a Peeress from her AimTo brand a Forger with his destin'd Shame,
The Wretch complains no Favour he could find,
Pursued by unrelenting Womankind:
His Arts with Men had more successful prov'd,
His Pray'rs, his Int'rest, or his Gold had mov'd.
Undue Regards perhaps might warp a Male,
But when a Lady holds the equal Scale,
Then Justice is Herself, and cannot fail.
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