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A goodly sinecure, no doubt! but made

More easy by the absence of all men⁠—

Except his Majesty⁠—who, with her aid,

And guards, and bolts, and walls, and now and then

A slight example, just to cast a shade

Along the rest, contrived to keep this den

Of beauties cool as an Italian convent,

Where all the passions have, alas! but one vent.