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CC-H.775.026
6 Mar 1775:41 (532)
THE STORY OF ZEYN ALASMAN, Prince OF BALSORA CONTINUED.
CANTO. III.
When they got back to Cairo, Zeyn
Was so immoderately keen,
He scarcely for a single day
His maiden-hunting would delay.
'Twas palpably no easy matter
To find so singular a creature,
. . . [8 lines]
And should short petticoats or stays
Shew leg or bosom to the gaze,
Their constitutions are so lew'd,
They'd be intolerably rude:
Though in these regions of the north
Unveil'd a lady sallies forth,
Or dances in the public place,
Her breast but half concealed by stays,
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