With dandies dined—heard senators declaiming—
Seen beauties brought to market by the score,
Sad rakes to sadder husbands chastely taming—
There's little left but to be bored or bore.
Witness those ci-devant jeunes hommes who stem
The stream, nor leave the world which leaveth them.
XIX.
'T is said—indeed a general complaint—
That no one has succeeded in describing
The monde, exactly as they ought to paint: