And, to indulge his self, Love made him blind,)
He durst not stir abroad for fear to meet
Curses of teeming women in the street:
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{ The best could happen from this hideous sight,
{ Is, that they should miscarry with the fright,—
{ Heaven guard them from the likeness of the knight!
Such is our charming Strephon's outward man,
His inward parts let those disclose who can.
One while he honoureth Birtha with his flame,