Lady A----hb----rt--n lovely and young was the grace, With her three pretty sisters who gladden'd the place, The H----pb--ne was there--a Minerva restor'd As at Athens she reign'd not less lov'd than ador'd, With a partner I met whose dancing quite charm'd me, While her wit and good humour delighted, inform'd me, Yes indeed lovely Sw--nt--n I ne'er shall forget, The pleasure you gave in our short tête a tête. Mrs. ---- was there, once a very great beauty, She conceives to remain such is doubtless her duty, For by washes, and rouges, false eyebrows and hair, The thefts of old time she contrives to repair, Whilst whalebone and buckram combine with great pain, What too freely he gives in due limits to rein, Was this lady well read in the Proverbs, she'd know, That a season for all things is found here below, And "a time to be old" if employed as it ought, May have blessings "the time to be young" never brought, This leads me to mention (by association) No people go better to church in the nation Than we Harrogate folks, for many go here, Never seen in such places before I much fear, We go jostling and crowding for seats and quite free Turn out the possessors sans céremonie, 722 And should the poor wretches presume but to grumble, Look down with contempt and so bid them be humble, But though on our entrance we flounder and flout, Be assur'd we are better before we go out, For so many fine preachers are heard in this place, 'Twould be shameful indeed if this were not the case; Besides the good Pastor[6] whose locks are grown grey, In leading his Harrogate flock the right way.