A somewhat worthless object? Who's her choice—

Irrevocable as deliberate—

Out of the wide world? I shall name no names—

But there's a person in society,

Who, blessed with rank and talent, has grown gray

In idleness and sin of every sort

Except hypocrisy: he's thrice her age,

A byword for 'successes with the sex'

As the French say—and, as we ought to say.

Consummately a liar and a rogue,