IMPROMPTU TO MADAME C ——

Whilst, in a dress that one might swear

The whole was made of woven air,

Pert Fashion spreads her senseless sway

Over the giddy and the gay

( Who think, by showing all their charms,

Lovers will fly into their arms ),

In thee shall Wit and Virtue find

A friend more genial to their mind;

And Modesty shall gain in thee

A surer, chaster, victory.