The r and the 1, and the 1 and the n 

 We know often stand for each other; so then, 

 By the simplest of reasoning, who dare so bar 

 The right to use v for an 1 or an r. 



If consonants thus can be handled so free, 



The rule for the vowels sure the same one must be. 



We may therefore prohibit all persons to say 



We are wrong when we write down an e for an a. 



Our principles settled, we'll now demonstrate 

 And in order our story at once to narrate, 

 We'll select a sweet name an Italian would know 

 Is composed of two articles la, also lo. 



The masculine one perhaps first placed should be, 

 But philology is not politeness, you see, 

 And the name of the subject of this dissertation 

 It is clear can not end with a male termination. 



Two sexes are therefore established and then, 

 Being close to each other, like women and men, 

 They, instead of endeav'ring to cut the connection 

 Unite into monosyllabic affection. 



The student who's earnest and follows all this 

 The drift of the argument never can miss ; 

 For plainer nowhere can be shown than above, 

 By reason and logic, that Lola is love. 



The warm weather makes one feel very slack 

 and one can imagine the delight of realizing the 

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