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!ii»nwt mind will duly »p|ire«:intr die cftort,TO Pilll.o UL ri.l'U.*Oli, I'hiU Hutlcr! woids tvcrr vnin,Thonjpt thundered clown like showers of rain-. !)n»«';M)t(o«iniitst forever fail,. With ttII the force ihat mortals frail,OranL»els bright can use, to show The deep despair and hitter wo,Ayt horror, which the In.lies feel,(I'nougli to make their btoed congeal,)JBoih voting ami old, fair nod brunettes,Who wear the dangerous Pantalettes!The girls, sweet, innocent and fair.Thought them but 14 tnfl«*s lipht as air;”Hot cfiou hast shown, past contradiction,Th*r they ore tilt—nay, his no fiction —That thov’»o immoilest, and pernicious,Or at the. b**st look auite suspicions !And that, if husbands don’t take care,•Their wires %*iP soon the breeches u ear ;And unless “ mao’s alert,” it follow**,Chemises will have sleeves and collars.That trite old maxim’s known full well,44 Crain but nn inch, they’ll take an ell;”And therefore Pantalettes will soon Be left off for the Pantaloon^* Unless bold man, with haughty frown,Hites at once and puts them down.This reasoning’* pood—no man can41 out” it ; *Ti hardly possible to doubt it; r But leat'anmt should make you weary,... Most hmnbty 1’U propose a ftitry:—Which if the most appropriate fashion,Or best controls licentious passion,‘ Besoty’s pfoporfions half revealed,Or h tihs^nbrc modestly concealed ? Ar«vPantafetfes, then, deemed immodest ?’Wit surely of all thiups the oddest,That aught which hides from vtilpargaxe What should be hid, must meet dispraise!IS»* p-ay, sir, would the 11 ribald jest,”At ankles seen be 14 half anpprest ?**Say, rather would not each gay 14 hrrJfc”Alike them a theme for loose remark,And wonder what, (or lass, or more,) Proportion to tha rest they bore ?Farewell, fnend Philo! thou lust done A noMe deed, agd glory won :Thy name through ages will go down With virtue and with honor crowned;And when in death thou liest low,And fdend* around thee wocp t »r wo.This thought shall foolhc all i sin r^giejf.—09 iirtcaf.no fritndjo Pan is utt^ \VINDICATOR.
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Athans Athenian
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Jun 07, 1831
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