XVII + 

But more the passions occupy + 

The converse of our hermits twain, + 

And, heaving a regretful sigh, + 

An exile from their troublous reign, + 

Eugene would speak regarding these. + 

Thrice happy who their agonies + 

Hath suffered but indifferent grown, + 

Still happier he who ne’er hath known! + 

By absence who hath chilled his love, + 

His hate by slander, and who spends + 

Existence without wife or friends, + 

Whom jealous transport cannot move, + 

And who the rent-roll of his race + 

Ne’er trusted to the treacherous ace. + 