And very much unlike what people write.
XLVIII.
Fair virgins blushed upon him; wedded dames
Bloomed also in less transitory hues;[KV]
For both commodities dwell by the Thames,
The painting and the painted; Youth, Ceruse,[KW]
Against his heart preferred their usual claims,
Such as no gentleman can quite refuse:
Daughters admired his dress, and pious mothers
Inquired his income, and if he had brothers.