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EPIGRAM, IN A MAID OF HONOUR'S PRAYER-BOOK by ALEXANDER POPE

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First Line: WHEN ISRAEL'S DAUGHTERS MOURN'D THEIR PAST OFFENCES
Last Line: AS DECENT TO REPENT IN, AS TO SIN IN.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS;
When Israel's Daughters mourn'd their past Offences,
They dealt in Sackcloth, and turn'd Cynder-Wenches:
But Richmond's Fair-ones never spoil their Locks,
They use white Powder, and wear Holland-Smocks.
O comely Church! where Females find clean Linen
As decent to repent in, as to sin in.




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