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How skillful was he to look modern,

To amaze innocence by jest,

To scare by recklessness a virgin,

By pleasing flattery impress,

To catch a minute of emotion,

To supersede by will and passion

The prejudice of naïve years,

Expect unconscious sweet caress,

To pray and call for a confession,

To overhear the first soul’s sigh,

To follow love and in a while

To intercept a lady’s passion,

And later in a lonely site

To give her lessons in a quiet!