‘She’d never seen so fine a thing before.’

Johnny then told them of his feats of Arms,

Of Joe’s escape, and Madame Gazon’s charms.

‘Come, John,’ says Dad, ‘from truth you cannot screen us;

‘You were her Mars, my Boy, and she your Venus.’

John now at every House was in request,

And every where receiv’d a welcome Guest.

He thought he ne’er should finish with his Glory,

So often pester’d to repeat the story.