50Struck her defaming poet blind;

Yet he, good-natur'd gentleman,

Gave the blind bard his eyes again.

Since this, and much more thou canst do,

O rid me of my madness too!

From noble ancestors thy race,

No vulgar blood purples thy face:

Thou searchest not the graves of th' poor,

But necromancy dost abhor:

Gen'rous thy breast, and pure thy hands,