XXV.

Address to Thallus the Napery-Thief.

Thou bardache Thallus! more than Coney's robe

Soft, or goose-marrow or ear's lowmost lobe,

Or Age's languid yard and cobweb'd part,

Same Thallus greedier than the gale thou art,

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When the Kite-goddess shows thee Gulls agape,

Return my muffler thou hast dared to rape,