Nistoire et Elimens. S09 



11 pcrtl et la memoire et roiiie et le goiit , 



Et la voix et les dents et les yeux , il perd tout. 



In a Lady's ivory table-book. 



« Peruse my leaves lliroug ev'ry part , 



» And think thou seest my owner's heart 



» Scrawl'd o'er with trifles Ihus , and quite 



» As hard , as senseless , and as light ; 



y> Expos'd to ev'i'y coxcomb's eyes , 



M Bat hid, with caution, from the wise. 



» Here you may read : dear charming saint ! 



» Beneath : A new receipt for paint. 



» In it in beau spelling : Tru tel delh ! 



» There in her own : Far an el breth. 



» Here : Lovely nymph pronounce my doom ! 



» There : A safe way to nse perfume. 



» Here a page fill'd with billets-doux 



» On t'other side : Laid out for shoes. 



» Madam I die without your grace. 



» Item : For half a yard of lace. 



» Who that had wit would place it here , 



» For ev'ry peeping fop to jeer ? 



» In pow'r of spittle and a clout , 



)) Whene'er he please to put it out ; 



» And then , to heighten the disgrace , 



» Clap his own non-sense in I he place. 



» Whoe'er expects to hold his part 



y> In such a book , in such a heart , 



» If he be weallliy and a fool, 



» Is in all points the fittest tool ; 



» Of whom it may be justly said 



» He's a gold pencil lipp'd with lead. 



