The Ape
Here is a tale for maidens and for mothers: There was an ape, a very prince of monkeys, Who capered in the world of fools and flunkies, The envy of his set and of all others. He was the handbook of all social manners: The beau of beaux, and simian glass of fashion, To whom all folly functioned, played at passion, And matrimony waved beleaguering banners. A girl of girls, one God had given graces And beauty, more than oft He grants to human, Captured the creature, and they were united. And strange to say, she loved him. Saw no traces Of ape in him. And, like a very woman, Reformed her countenance, and was delighted.
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