Smiled, on returning, at the blushing sign:

The painter's wife; but soon they filled each glass,

And briskly round the bottle seemed to pass;

They drank the host, the hostess, and the FAIR,

Who, 'mong the three, should first her wishes share.

AT length, a second time the bottle failed;

The hostess' fear of ghosts again prevailed,

And mistress Alice now for escort went,

Though much she wished the other to have sent;

With Simonetta she was forced to change,