XXII.

The favour of the Empress was agreeable;

And though the duty waxed a little hard,

Young people at his time of life should be able

To come off handsomely in that regard.

He was now growing up like a green tree, able

For Love, War, or Ambition, which reward

Their luckier votaries, till old Age's tedium

Make some prefer the circulating medium.

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