--> THE following--from the pen of a fair
correspondent--cannot be read without PLEASURE and
IMPROVEMENT.
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_LINES FOR A SCREEN._
TO BE WRITTEN BENEATH THE FIGURE OF "MINERVA HOLDING A CROWN
OF OLIVE."
Ah! lovely Ladies--while with care
Ye guard from harm your FACES fair;
While spreads the airy PARASOL
To shield you from the beams of SOL;
And many a FAN and VEIL and BLIND
Protect from each intrusive wind:--
And whilst ye deign to intervene
Twixt you and fire, the humble SCREEN!--
Oh! strive alike to guard your _hearts_
From VICE, and all her wily arts.
Your parasol let VIRTUE prove,
To ward th' attacks of _lawless_ love--
Prudence will prove a _screen_ to thee,
And let thy VEIL be MODESTY.
Attend my words, ye Fair, for know,
This _Crown_ shall grace the worthiest brow.
ORA.
_Columbian Centinel,_ July 27, 1814.
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_From the_ GAZETTE _of the_ U. STATES.