To move her friend for vanity’s supplies;

To weak indulgence he allures the mind,

Loth to be duped, but willing to be kind;

And if successful - what the labour pays?

He gets the friend’s contempt and Chloe’s praise,

Who, in her triumph, condescends to say,

“What a good creature Blaney was to-day!”

Hear the poor demon when the young attend,

And willing ear to vile experience lend;

When he relates (with laughing, leering eye)