In this, his father left him store

Of stocks; and he hath bought those eyes!

Yon maiden, whirling in the waltz⁠—

A salamander that doth live

Unscathed in fire—hath too her faults,

But yet her price is—what you’ll give.

And this is Fashion’s magic ring

So envied, sought—where yet the heart,

Stript of its guises, is a thing

That makes poor, simple Virtue start.