Bows round the circle, and assumes the chair;

With lemonade he gargles first his throat,

Then sweetly preludes to the liquid note:

And now ’tis silence all. ‘Genius or muse’—

Thus while the flowery subject he pursues,

A wild delirium round th’ assembly flies;

Unusual lustre shoots from Emma’s eyes;

Luxurious Arno drivels as he stands;

And Anna frisks, and Laura claps her hands.

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