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LXXII.

They cannot read, and so don't lisp in criticism; Nor write, and so they don't affect the Muse; Were never caught in epigram or witticism, Have no romances, sermons, plays, reviews,-- In Harams learning soon would make a pretty schism, But luckily these Beauties are no "Blues;" No bustling _Botherby_[229] have they to show 'em "That charming passage in the last new poem:"