While pretty young Israelites dance round the Prophet,

In very thin clothing, and but little of it;—

Here Bégrand,[6] who shines in the scriptural path,

As the lovely Suzanna, without ev’n a relic

Of drapery round her, comes out of the bath

In a manner that, Bob says, is quite Eve-angelic!

But, in short, dear, ’twould take me a month to recite

All the exquisite places we’re at, day and night.

Thomas Moore (1779–1852).

MONTMORENCI AND CHERUBINA.