...embraced : For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please." What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though...

...and what shapes they please. 7o In conrtly halls and midnight masqnerades, Safe from the treach'rons friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper...kind occasion prompts their warm desires, 75 When mnsic softens, and when dancing fires ? 'Tis bnt their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Hononr...

...Lock," all faults are laid upon sylphs ; when I make my inquiry, as the same author has it,i— *' What guards the purity of melting maids In courtly balls and midnight masquerades, Safe flora the treacherous friend and daring spark, Tlic glance by day, and whisper in the dark ? When kind...

...spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark — When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honor is the word with men below. " Some nymphs there arc, too conscious of their face, For life predestined...

..."Bow'' in Hyde Park, England. 65. See Virg. J2n. vi. 663-5. A passion of the ladles for flne equipages. Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark,...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honor is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are too conscious of their face, For life...

...: For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honour is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are, too conscious of their face, For life...

...good example of Pope's habitual contempt for women . 70. Parody on " Paradise Lost," bk. i. 1. 423. What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly...? 'Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Tho' honor is the word with men below. Some nymphs there are too conscious of their face, For life...

...: For Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting Maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour...

...: For Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. 70 What guards the purity of melting Maids, In courtly...dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires? 'Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour...

...For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. -ft. What guards the purity of melting maids, In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades, Safe from the treacherous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion...