EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;
At other times it cherishes abuse;
Much wearied with her long and dreary way,
And now with toil and sorrow well nigh spent,
IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told,
Intrigue and gallantry reign uncontrolled;
WHAT various ways in which a thing is told
Some truth abuse, while others fiction hold;
Full gladsome was my heart ere while to tell
How proud Ambition owned superior Love;
HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find,
It satiates sense, and palls upon the mind:
SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array,
A younger brother homeward bent his way,
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine,
Oft pranks are played that show a deep design;
THE Lombard princes oft pervade my mind;
The present tale Boccace relates you'll find;
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.
Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.
ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last;
I can't resist, whatever may have passed,
I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed,
The sort of lover, avaricious named;
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise,
That most forgot from which true bliss would rise
A GASCON (being heard one day to swear,
That he'd possess'd a certain lovely fair,)
IF these gay tales give pleasure to the FAIR,
The honour's great conferred, I'm well aware;
WHEN Francis (named the first) o'er Frenchmen reign'd,
In Italy young Arthur laurels gained,
FLORENTINE we now design to show;--
A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below;
Aunque ungiste el umbral y ensalivaste no pudo penetrar, lamida y suave,
El émbolo brillante y engrasado embiste jubiloso la ranura
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