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Rh The man who her so much neglected There to meet, was what she expected. At those feasts oft she was a guest, Where meet gay people richly dressed; Such people as we all agree To call the best of company. People of an address polite, She looked upon at the first sight As perfect copies of her lover; But she soon after could discover, That striving most to appear the same, They still were widest of their aim. At last the fair one in despair, Finding how vain was all her care, And grown of her inquiries tired, To her retreat would have retired: The object which she there first spied Was Macareus by her bedside; He waited there, hid from her eyes, That he the fair one might surprise: "Henceforward," said he, "live with me, From all inquietude be free, Do not, like vain and haughty dames, Be too assuming in your claims; And if you would henceforth possess My person and my tenderness, Never more make demands more high Than suits me with them to comply." Who's understood by either name, Both of the lover and the dame, The folks who are profound in Greek Cannot be very far to seek.