XXXIV + 

Even so! His passions soon abated, + 

Hateful the hollow world became, + 

Nor long his mind was agitated + 

By love’s inevitable flame. + 

For treachery had done its worst; + 

Friendship and friends he likewise curst, + 

Because he could not gourmandise + 

Daily beefsteaks and Strasbourg pies + 

And irrigate them with champagne; + 

Nor slander viciously could spread + 

Whene’er he had an aching head; + 

And, though a plucky scatterbrain, + 

He finally lost all delight + 

In bullets, sabres, and in fight. + 