Qui nous offre un charmant poison,
Et nous associant a sa douce folie
Nous affranchit de la raison.”
Happy the author, whose bewitching style,
Life’s tedious minutes can beguile,
Makes us, with him, forget uneasy care,
And not remember what we are.
Who by a charm, which no one can withstand,
Enchanting poison can command,
Can make us share his pleasing foolery,