III + 

Having performed his service truly, + 

Deep into debt his father ran; + 

Three balls a year he gave ye duly, + 

At last became a ruined man. + 

But Eugene was by fate preserved, + 

For first “madame” his wants observed, + 

And then “monsieur” supplied her place; + 

The boy was wild but full of grace. + 

“Monsieur l’Abbé,” a starving Gaul, + 

Fearing his pupil to annoy, + 

Instructed jestingly the boy, + 

Morality taught scarce at all; + 

Gently for pranks he would reprove + 

And in the Summer Garden rove. + 