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SECLUDED from domestic strife, / Jack Book-worm led a college life; / A fellowship at twenty-five / Made him the happiest man alive; / He drank his glass and crack'd his joke, / And freshmen wonder'd as he spoke.
Such pleasures, unalloy'd with care, / Could any accident impair? / Could Cupid's shaft at length transfix / Our swain, arriv'd at thirty-six? / O had the archer ne'er come down / To ravage in a country town! / Or Flavia been content to stop / At triumphs in a Fleet-street shop. / O had her eyes forgot to blaze! / Or Jack had wanted eyes to gaze. / O! -- But let exclamation cease, / Her presence banish'd all his peace. / So with decorum all things carried; / Miss frown'd, and blush'd, and then was-married.