Virtue on earth is all its own reward, But further recompense doth Heaven hoard. Bettina there and Ermentrude shall owe The pounds Edione does then forgo; Good health shall be their part, and loveliness, And whatsoe'er they will in way of dress. Their virtues meeting there with proper meed, Each shall be wed to chosen sprite with speed. The faithful heart of ghostly Ermentrude By Wilfrid's essence shall be gayly wooed; If pref'rence none it have, Bettina's spook Our stock of heav'nly husbands shall o'erlook; And he that's given to Edione, A special sprite of her own recipe. This must he be, if he her wants shall suit: Part gentle swain, and part abysmal brute; A virtuous youth, and yet a rogue that smiles; In form, compact of Hermes and of Giles; And, in completion, shall he chiefly wear Pink skin, blue wings, and rich magenta hair. So now, farewell! And weep no more, good friends; Since Heav'n, though late, this ample justice sends.
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