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Value yourselves & Men despise - [[underline]] You must be proud, if you'll be wise. [[/underline]] While Cleo pondering o'er thy lines I roll Dwell on each thought & meditate thy Soul, Methinks I view thee in some calm retreat Far from all guilt, distraction & deceit. Thence pitying view the thoughtless fair & gay Who whirl their lives in giddiness away. Thence greatly scorning what the World calls great Condemn the proud, their tumults, power & state. How cam'st thou fram'd so different from thy sex Whom trifles ravish, & whom trifles vex. Say whence those hints, those bright ideas came That warm thy breast with freindship's holy flame? That close thy heart against the joys of Youth And ope thy mind to all the rays of truth, The gay, ^ [[addition]] the [[/addition]] prudent, virtuous & polite As Heaven inspires thy sentiments divine May heaven vouchsafe a freindship worthy thine
