XXVI + 

With unanimity complete, + 

Condemn not weak Tattiana mine; + 

Do not cold-bloodedly repeat + 

The sneers of critics superfine; + 

And you, O maids immaculate, + 

Whom vice, if named, doth agitate + 

E’en as the presence of a snake, + 

I the same admonition make. + 

Who knows? with love’s consuming flame + 

Perchance you also soon may burn, + 

Then to some gallant in your turn + 

Will be ascribed by treacherous Fame + 

The triumph of a conquest new. + 

The God of Love is after you! + 