From the love of spadille, and of matadore voles;[F]

Or of lap-dogs, and parrots, and monkeys, and owls,

Be they ne’er so uncommon and clever;

But chief from the love, with all loveliness flown,

Which makes the dim eye condescend to look down

On some ape of a fop, or some owl of a clown;

Diana, thy servant deliver!

From spleen at beholding the young more caressed;

From pettish asperity, tartly expressed;

From scandal, detraction, and every such pest;