Poem by Joseph Addison

On the Lady Manchester

Written on his admission to the Kit-Cat Club,
in compliance with the rule that every new member 
should name his toast,
and write a verse in her praise.

While haughty Gallia's dames, that pread
O'er their pale cheeks, an artful red,
Beheld this beauteous stranger there
In native charms, divinely fair;
Confusion in their looks they show'd;
And with unborrow'd blushes glow'd. 

1. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, on his Picture of the King
2. A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, at Oxford
3. The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare
4. To Mr. Dryden
5. An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

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