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CG-NL.780.015
11 Aug 1780:23 (17/874)
A COMPARISON. By a Gentleman of the Army.
If women's true virtue consists in their length,
As some have conjectur'd respecting their strength,
What vast disproportion appears in this age,
Compar'd with the matrons who late left the stage.
Those ancient chaste heroines so cloth'd with renown,
Whose stature extended but just to the Crown,
Can ne'er be suppos'd with the moderne to vie,
With top-gallant royals extended so high.
Those ancient examples of virtue it seems,
Compar'd with the former are phantoms or dreams,
The former like plants of low stature appear,
The latter like cedars quite darken the air.
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