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That beautiful cottage not far from the road / In holiday time was Matilda's abode, / Who, taken one day by her aunt to the town, / Had put in her purse rather more than a crown: / 'Twas either to keep, or to give, or to spend / In what she lik'd best, for herself or a friend: / Soon trinkets and ribbons in turn made her stop / To purchase a trifle at every shop, / Before she remember'd the canvas and wool / She intended to buy when her purse appear'd full; / Then wanted to borrow, a favour her aunt / Refus'd, because very improper to grant. / Young ladies' extravagance ought to be met / By teaching them -- "never to run into debt".