LXIII.

With her the latter, though at times convenient,

Was not so necessary; for they tell

That she was handsome, and though fierce looked lenient,

And always used her favourites too well.

If once beyond her boudoir's precincts in ye went,

Your "fortune" was in a fair way "to swell

A man" (as Giles says);[516] for though she would widow all

Nations, she liked Man as an individual.

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