Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Proclaimed her story far and wide , Kaised up a party pn ner side , , lill admirati 6 n an < J ^ pp l ^ usp , Confirmed tW triumph ofner cause ; JSne saw her enemies one by . one Defeated , humbled , arid undone , Herself caressed and courted more
Than ever she had been before . Here , then , —and oh , how seldom found Here was triumphant virtue crowned ; Here innocence had her
reward—For which we ought to thank the Lord ; While spite and malice met disgrace , Which always ought to be the case . Ah ! had that innocence remained ,
What trophies might she not have gained Great was her triumph , nor could any More honourable be ; but many Can win a triumph—few or none Know how to use it when ' tis won .
Seeing her then thus rarely blest , Who but must grieve to hear the rest ! For now ' tis mine—oh ! sad reverse ! To tell of changes for the worse ; Of growing priae and waning virtue , And some things that will disconcert you ; Of getting into bad society ,
And every kind of impropriety ! So true it is of lovely woman—She ' s something almost superhuman While yet she walks exempt from sin , But oh ! when once she does begin , And sets her mind on things improper , There's nothing then on earth can stop her
Whether it was the flattering sense Of battles fought in her defence , The compliments that had been paid her , The costly presents they had made her , Or what it was that turned her head—It is not positively said ; That the world witnessed such a change , The fact is no less true than strange .
Her plain stiiff gown she now renounces For things wit » hrbfbelows fitful flourtces ; Her watdrotte' will no loriger db , She must have all her dresses new :
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 296, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/4/