AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX ***
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An ELEGY on the GLORY of her SEX
Mrs Mary BLAIZE
R. Caldecott's PICTURE Books
Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.]
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An Elegy
on the Glory of Her Sex
MRS. MARY BLAIZE
by
Dr. Oliver Goldsmith
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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word--
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_From those_
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_who spoke her praise._
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The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor--
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_Who left_
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_a pledge behind._
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She strove the neighbourhood to please With manners wondrous winning;
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And never follow'd wicked ways--
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_Unless when she was sinning._
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At church, in silks and satins new, With hoop of monstrous size, She never slumber'd in her pew--
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_But when she shut her eyes._
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Her love was sought, I do aver, By twenty beaux and more; The King himself has follow'd her--
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_When she has walk'd before._
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But now, her wealth and finery fled, Her hangers-on cut short-all: The Doctors found, when she was dead _Her last disorder mortal._
