XXXIII + 

From the moist cork the bottle freed + 

With loud explosion, the bright wine + 

Hissed forth. With serious air indeed, + 

Long tortured by his lay divine, + 

Triquet arose, and for the bard + 

The company deep silence guard. + 

Tania well nigh expired when he + 

Turned to her and discordantly + 

Intoned it, manuscript in hand. + 

Voices and hands applaud, and she + 

Must bow in common courtesy; + 

The poet, modest though so grand, + 

Drank to her health in the first place, + 

Then handed her the song with grace. + 