And Alcibiades, (both gay and bold,)

So well agreed, they kept a beauteous belle,

With whom by turns they equally would dwell.

IT happened, one of them so nicely played,

The fav'rite lass produced a little maid,

Which both extolled, and each his own believed,

Though doubtless one or t'other was deceived.

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BUT when to riper years the bantling grew,