ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION OF MRS. HOWE WHAT is Prudery? 'Tis a beldam, Seen with wit and beauty seldom. 'Tis a fear that starts at shadows. 'Tis (no 't isn't) like Miss Meadows. 'Tis a virgin hard of feature, Old, and void of all good-nature; Lean and fretful; would seem wise; Yet plays the fool before she dies: 'Tis an ugly envious shrew That rails at dear Lepel and you. |