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In Anna's Days at last the Point was gain'd,
To Fashion's highest Pitch our Belles attain'd;
From France they came, and many a Foreign Shore,
To learn Our Arts, who taught us Theirs before.
To Fashion's highest Pitch our Belles attain'd;
From France they came, and many a Foreign Shore,
To learn Our Arts, who taught us Theirs before.
Love's Goddess now the Furbeloe displays,
Invents the Flounces, and Reforms the Stays;
Her Handmaid Sisters leave their old Abodes,
And make this Town Metropolis of Modes.
By Faction guided, Ladies patch the Face,
And to the Watch now add the Twezer Case.
White Breasts, and Shoulders bare, invade the Eye,
And Legs no more conceal'd, our Jests defy,
Those pretty Legs so Taper, and so Smart,
By which Men guess at ev'ry other Part.
Invents the Flounces, and Reforms the Stays;
Her Handmaid Sisters leave their old Abodes,
And make this Town Metropolis of Modes.
By Faction guided, Ladies patch the Face,
And to the Watch now add the Twezer Case.
White Breasts, and Shoulders bare, invade the Eye,
And Legs no more conceal'd, our Jests defy,
Those pretty Legs so Taper, and so Smart,
By which Men guess at ev'ry other Part.
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