Alterations in Hesiod

P. Where mingled whiteness glow'd with softer red. M. Where lovely whiteness glow'd with mingling red.

Whatever shining gemms the Nymphs by land, What orient pearl the Nymphs by sea command.

Fine links in golden chains for bracelets hung, Gay buckles sparkling round about the tongue, And brazen pins, a num'rous aid on earth, From whence new turns of fashion find a birth; But chief the mirrour—

On which dissembl'd Nature seem'd to yield Her painted gardens in a silken field,)

P. Women have time to sacrifice to pride. M. Not born to labour Women live to pride.

For Women pain'd to conquer when they yield, But keep from empire while they keep the field:

P. The fatal gift, her tempting self unknown! M. The faithless gift, her faithless self unknown!

What rocks, what shelves within her bosom hide, Ah! where the wrecks are frequent leave to ride.

P. The days of whining, and of wild intrigues, M. The days of whining court, the wild intrigues,

Expence on fashions tho' the wealth decay, Tho' still we see the danger, fret, and pay; The curse of jealousy; the curse of strife;

As men who sailing touch on Libyan land, See brinded Panthers scour the desart sand, Fierce Wolves and Tigers wand'ring swains engage, And scaly Dragons fill the realm with rage; If still the distant breaks are heard to roar, Much what they view they dread, and fear for more.

P. And thus inscribes the moral on the sand. M. And thus the point reversing graves the sand.