| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Written on a White Fan Borrowed from Miss Osborne, Afterwards His Wife | | By Francis Atterbury (1662–1732) |
| | | FLAVIA 1 the least and slighted toy | |
| Can with resistless art employ: | |
| This fan in meaner hands would prove | |
| An engine of small force in love; | |
| Yet she with graceful air and mien, | 5 |
| Not to be told or safely seen, | |
| Directs its wanton motions so | |
| That it wounds more than Cupid’s bow; | |
| Gives coolness to the matchless dame, | |
| To every other breast—a flame. | 10 |
| | | Note 1. From the Gentleman’s Journal, March, 1692. [back] | | |
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