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)