O grant, kind heav'n! that I the like may meet,
And ever prove so wary and discreet.
THE MONKS OF CATALONIA
[Original]
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail,
The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale,
Where oft the holy fathers pow'rs displayed,
And showed such charity to wife and maid,
That o'er their minds sweet fascination reigned,