. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. CenthvHmlfthe Of<f grfiwH, HE lived in Georgian era women then, if bards betrue,Succumbed to Routs and Cards, or grew Devout and hers was neither fate. She cameOf good west-country folk, whose fameHas faded now. For us her nameIs Madam Placid. 38 A Gentlewoman of the Old School. Patience or Prudence,—what you will,Some prefix faintly fragrant stillAs those old musky scents that fill Our grandams pillows;And for her youthful portrait takeSome long-waist child of Hudsons make,Stiffly at ease beside a lake

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. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. CenthvHmlfthe Of<f grfiwH, HE lived in Georgian era women then, if bards betrue,Succumbed to Routs and Cards, or grew Devout and hers was neither fate. She cameOf good west-country folk, whose fameHas faded now. For us her nameIs Madam Placid. 38 A Gentlewoman of the Old School. Patience or Prudence,—what you will,Some prefix faintly fragrant stillAs those old musky scents that fill Our grandams pillows;And for her youthful portrait takeSome long-waist child of Hudsons make,Stiffly at ease beside a lake With swans and willows. I keep her later semblance placedBeside my desk,—tis lawned and shadowy sanguine stipple traced By Bartolozzi;A placid face, in which surpriseIs seldom seen, but yet there liesSome vestige of the laughing eyes Of arch Piozzi. A Gentlewoman of the Old School. 39 For her een Time grew , finding cheeks unclaimed of care,With late-delayed faint roses there, And lingering dimples,Had spared to touch the fair old o

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