Without regard to what old dotards teach,

Or what may happen at a future hour;

Here's no one near: 'tis fully in our pow'r;

The time and place so thoroughly agree,

'Twill be impossible our freaks to see;

But 'twill be right that one should watch with care;

While t'other with the lad seeks joys to share,

And irksome gloom endeavours to dispel:

He's dumb, you know, and tales can never tell.

The other answered, since 'tis your desire,