To defeat this sly foe full sufficient you’ll find;
Should your eyes fail to kill him, with keen repartee,
You can sink the flat boat of th’invader Ennui.
If a cool non-chalance o’er your sposa should spread,
(For vapours will rise e’en on Jupiter’s head,)
O ever believe it, from jealousy free,
A thin passing cloud, not the fog of Ennui.
Of tender complainings tho’ Love be the theme,
O beware, my sweet friends, ’tis a dangerous scheme;
And tho’ often ’tis tried, mark the pauvre mari