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Rh Too soon Disappointment will hand thee down-stairs,
 * And old maidenhood end the sad story:

For me—long escaped from your trammels—I choose
 * To enlist in the new corps of jokers;

Abandoning Chloe, I kneel to the Muse,
 * And, instead of love-ditties, write Croakers.

D.