"Toilet"
(included in Gentlemen's Valentines, 1817)
This Toilet furnished by the Graces
can give new charms to fairest Faces,
The rouge that with increasing glow
Bids beauties perfect [Roses] blow
with modesty bright blushes [paught]
Of health and cheerfulness is bought
no wash [those gentle] bosoms crave
That purity [smeethness care]
And radient candor here supplies
unfading lustre to the eyes,
The [ribban as] placed for your selection
Are [woven bands] of tried affection[,]
In folds that symetry disclose
The robe of polished [manner flows]
with sparkling [gaws] to grace the day,
Of with modest playfulness.
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[now] to truths [mirror turn] my fair
And view your resemblance there.