Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

"Then keep each passion down, however dear;"Trust me, the tender are the most severe."Guard, while 'tis thine, thy philosophic ease,"And ask no joy but that of virtuous peace;"That bids defiance to the storms of fate:"High bliss is only for a higher state."

"Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy,"To fill the languid pause with finer joy;"Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,"Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame."