No stratagems howe'er with culture blend;

I'll take my portion from the better end;

Within a week, remember, I'll be here,

And recollect:—you've every thing to fear.

AMAZED at what the lordly devil said,

The clod could naught reply, so great his dread;

But at the gasconade Perretta smiled,

Who kept his house and weary hours beguiled,

A sprightly clever lass, with prying eye,

Who, when a shepherdess, could more descry,