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PC.768.163
5-12 Dec 1768:4011 (100)
The gentlemen bachelors of Bachelors-Hall, Chestnut-street,
and elsewhere (for they are very numerous) are desired to
read the following lines, addressed to Dr. Fordyce on the
publication of his sermons. [signed] Amanda.
Nymph-lane, Front-street, December, 1768.
Thy sermons, Fordyce, are scarce worth
Our reading three times over;
Since by their ruins, no maid on earth
Shall gain an earthly lover.
Indeed, should some wing'd Cupid fly
From heaven to choose a mate,
He wisely might to you apply,
To form a nymph complete.
But while your sex will still prefer
To mental our external charms,
Say, can you justly censure her
Who conquers with the surest arms?
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