Ladies' amusements/Nature's richest mine

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NATURE'S RICHEST MINE.

Pursuing beauty, men descry,
the distant shore, and long to prove,
(still richer in vanity,)
the treasure of the land of love.

We women, like weak Indians, stand
(illegible text)ting from our golden coast,
The wand'ring rovers to our land,
but she who trades with them is lost.

With humble vows they first begin.
stealing, unseen into the heart;
But by possession settled in,
they quickly act another part.

For beads and baubles we resign,
in ignorance our shining store;
Discover Nature's richest mine,
and yet the tyrants will have more.

Be wise, be wise, and do net try,
how he can court or you be won;
For love is but discovery,
when that is made the pleasure's done.