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First Line: Let antients boast no more
Last Line: Whilst her great name confronts eternity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Cavendish, William. 1st Duke Devonshire; Palmer, Barbara. Duchess Of Cleveland


LET Antients boast no more,
Their lew'd Imperial Whore,
Whose everlasting Lust
Surviv'd her Body's latest Thrust;
And when that transitory Dust
Had no more Vigour left in store,
Was still as fresh and active as before.

2

Her Glory must give place,
To one of Modern British Race;
Whose every daily Act exceeds
The other's most transcendent Deeds:
She has at length made good,
That there is Humane Flesh and Blood,
Even able to out-do,
All that their loosest Wishes prompt'em to.

3

When she has Jaded quite
Her almost Boundless Appetite;
Cloy'd with the choicest Banquets of Delight,
She'll still drudge on in tastless Vice,
(As if she sinn'd for Exercise)
Disabling st est Stallions every hour:
And when they can perform no more,
She'll rail at'em, and kick them out of Door.

4

Mon[mou]th and Ca[ndis]h droop,
As first did Henning[ha]m and Scrope:
Nay Scabby Ned looks Thin and Pale,
And sturdy Frank himself begins to fail:
But Wo betide him if he does,
She'll set her Jockey on his Toes,
And he shall end the Quarrel without Blows.

5
Now tell me all you Pow'rs,
Who e're could equal this Lewd Dame of ours?
Lais her self must yield,
And Vanquish'd Julia quit the Field;
Nor can that Princess, one Day fain'd,
As wonder of the Earth,
For Minataurus glorious Birth,
With Admiration any more be Nam'd.
These Puny Heroins of History,
Eclipst by her, shall all forgotten be
Whilst her great Name confronts Eternity.





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