Chapter 25 No.25

Pardon, ye great unknown, and far-exalted men,

The wild excursions of a youthful pen;

Forgive a young and (almost) virgin Muse,

Whom blind and eager curiosity

(Yet curiosity, they say,

Is in her sex a crime needs no excuse)

Has forced to grope her uncouth way,

After a mighty light that leads her wandering eye:

No wonder then