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 (No she-dragons they) Make them cuckolds See Democritus Turned lugubrious; Kings without crowns; Heraclituses Full of fantasies, And thinking clowns. Halberd and sword For cogent arguments; Fond lovers' sentiments By philters cured; Wolves and asses grey, And gleaming snakes; Whores and harlots gay And courtly rakes. Wives adored, And headsmen affable; Nuns not intractable And ill-secured Leaders armyless, And priests defiant; Titans who pygmies are, Dwarfs who are giants!

Such is the age In which we live, And save the plagues Nought doth survive. From bad to worse The realm doth course. Our great Cæsars Are but lizards; Our dear Cyclops All are myopes;