XXXIV + 

He read as vainly as before, + 

Perusing Gibbon and Rousseau, + 

Manzoni, Herder and Chamfort, + 

Madame de Stael, Bichat, Tissot: + 

He read the unbelieving Bayle, + 

Also the works of Fontenelle, + 

Some Russian authors he perused⁠— + 

Nought in the universe refused: + 

Nor almanacs nor newspapers, + 

Which lessons unto us repeat, + 

Wherein I castigation get; + 

And where a madrigal occurs + 

Writ in my honour now and then⁠— + 

E sempre bene, gentlemen! + 