Classic Poem

Proved Etherege prudish, selfish, hypocrite, heartless,
No scholar, a would be critic, a dillentante ,
Cream-laid, a surface, who could quote, to startle us,
The Anatomy , Politian, a little Dante, —
And so forth. Then for his looks — like pinkish paper:
Features? A watermark; other claims as scanty.
In such wise did the gentle . . . vapour.