Set by Mr. OSWALD.
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Think what the hapless virgin proves, who loves in vain, yet
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fondly loves; While modesty and female pride, The
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slighted passion seek to hide.
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II.
For oh! in vain the sigh’s represt
That struggling heaves her anxious breast.
In vain the falling tear’s with-held,
The conscious wish in vain repell’d.
III.
Her faded cheeks, and air forlorn,
Coarse jests invite, and cruel scorn.
To hopeless love she falls a prey,
And wastes in silent grief away.