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ONCE more permit me nuns and this the last	A
I can't resist whatever may have passed	A
But must relate what often I've been told	B
Your tales of convent pranks are seldom cold	B
They have a grace that no where else we find	C
And somehow better seem to please designed	C
Another then we'll have which three will make	D
Three did I say 'tis four or I mistake	D
Let's count them well The GARD'NER first we'll name	E
Then comes the ABBESS whose declining frame	E
Required a youth her malady to cure	F
A story thought perhaps not over pure	F
And as to SISTER JANE who'd got a brat	G
I cannot fancy we should alter that	G
These are the whole and four's a number round	H
You'll probably remark 'tis strange I've found	H
Such pleasure in detailing convent scenes	I
'Tis not my whim but TASTE that thither leans	I
And if you'd kept your breviary in view	J
'Tis clear you'd nothing had with this to do	J
We know howe'er 'tis not your fondest care	K
So quickly to our hist'ry let's repair	K
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A CHARMING youth would frequent visits pay	L
To nuns whose convent near his dwelling lay	L
And 'mong the sisters one his person saw	M
Who by her eyes would fain attention draw	M
Smiles she bestowed and other complaisance	M
But not a single step would he advance	M
By old and young he greatly was admired	N
Sighs burst around but none his bosom fired	N
Fair Isabella solely got his love	O
A beauteous nun and gentle as a dove	O
Till then a novice in the flow'ry chain	P
And envied doubly for her charms and swain	P
Their soft amours were watched with eagle eye	Q
No pleasure's free from care you may rely	Q
In life each comfort coupled is with ill	R
And this to alter baffles all our skill	R
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THE sister nuns so vigilant had been	S
One night when darkness overspread the scene	T
And all was proper mysteries to hide	U
Some words escaped her cell that doubts supplied	U
And other matters too were heard around	H
That in her breviary could not be found	H
'Tis her gallant said they he's clearly caught	V
Alarm pervaded swarms were quickly brought	W
Rage seemed to triumph sentinels were placed	X
The abbess too must know they were disgraced	X
Away they hastened to convey surprise	M
And thund'ring at her door cried madam rise	M
For sister Isabella in her cell	Y
Has got a man which surely can't be well	Y
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YOU will observe the dame was not at prayer	K
Nor yet absorbed in sleep devoid of care	K
But with her then this abbess had in bed	Z
Good parson John by kindness thither led	Z
A neighb'ring rector confessor and friend	A2
She rose in haste the sisters to attend	A2
And seeking for her veil with sense confused	B2
The parson's breeches took for what she used	B2
Which in the dark resembled what was worn	C2
By nuns for veils and called perhaps in scorn	C2
Among themselves their PSALTER to express	M
Familiarly a common awkward dress	M
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WITH this new ornament by way of veil	D2
She sallied forth and heard the woeful tale	D2
Then irritated she exclaimed with ire	E2
To see this wretched creature I desire	F2
The devil's daughter from her bold career	G2
Who'll bring our convent to disgrace I fear	G2
But God forbid I say and with his leave	H2
We'll all restore rebuke she shall receive	H2
A chapter we will call the sisters came	E
And stood around to hear their pious dame	E
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FAIR Isabella now the abbess sent	I2
Who straight obeyed and to her tears gave vent	I2
Which overspread those lily cheeks and eyes	M
A roguish youth so lately held his prize	M
What said the abbess pretty scandal here	J2
When in the house of God such things appear	G2
Ashamed to death you ought to be no doubt	K2
Who brought you thither such we always scout	K2
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NOW Isabella sister you must lose	M
Henceforth that name to you we cannot use	M
The honour is too great in such a case	M
Pray are you sensible of your disgrace	M
And what's the punishment you'll undergo	L2
Before to morrow this you'll fully know	L2
Our institution chastisement decrees	M
Come speak I say we'll hear you if you please	M
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POOR Isabella with her sight on ground	H
Confused till then had scarcely looked around	H
Now raised her eyes and luckily perceived	M2
The breeches which her fears in part relieved	M2
And that the sisters by surprise unnerved	N2
As oft's the case had never once observed	N2
She courage took and to the abbess said	Z
There's something from the Psalter on your head	Z
That awkwardly hangs down pray madam try	Q
To put it right or 'twill be in your eye	Q
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'TWAS knee strings worn at times by priests and beaux	L2
For more or less all follow fashion's laws	M
This veil no doubt had very much the air	K
Of those unmentionables parsons wear	K
And this the nun to frolicking inclined	C
It seems had well impressed upon her mind	C
What cried the abbess dares she still to sneer	G2
How great her insolence to laugh and jeer	G2
When sins so heavily upon her rest	O2
And ev'ry thing remains quite unconfessed	O2
Upon my word she'd be a saint decreed	O2
My veil young imp your notice cannot need	O2
'Tis better think you little hellish crow	L2
What pains your soul must undergo below	L2
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THE mother abbess sermonized and fired	O2
And seemed as if her tongue would ne'er be tired	O2
Again the culprit said your Psalter pray	L
Good madam haste to set the proper way	L
On which the sisters looked both young and old	O2
THOSE 'gan to laugh while THESE were heard to scold	O2
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OUR preacher quite ashamed of what she'd done	P2
Now lost her voice and noticed not the nun	P2
The murmur buzzed around too well expressed	O2
What thoughts the holy sisterhood possessed	O2
At length the abbess said we've now not time	Q2
To take the chapter's votes upon her crime	Q2
'Twould make it late let each to bed return	R2
And till to morrow we'll the case adjourn	R2
No chapter met howe'er when morrow came	E
Another day arrived and still the same	E
The sages of the convent thought it best	O2
In fact to let the mystick business rest	O2
Much noise perhaps would hurt religion's cause	M
And that considered prudent 'twere to pause	M
Base envy made them Isabella hate	O2
And dark suspicions to the abbess state	O2
In short unable by their schemes to get	O2
The morsel she'd so fortunately met	O2
Each nun exerted all her art to find	O2
What equally might satisfy the mind	O2
Old friends were willingly received again	S2
Her gallant our belle was suffered to retain	P
The rector and the abbess had their will	R
And such their union precepts to fulfill	R
That if a nun had none to give her bliss	M
To lend a friend was nothing thought amiss	M

Jean De La Fontaine

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