id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 5295 La Fontaine, Jean de Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 21 .txt text/plain 3088 268 94 Among the nuns, and like a maiden clad; And, till he got a beard, was sister thought. I speak of nuns, howe'er, whose charms maintain And from it, what was tied, soon gave a spring; The nuns of tender hearts and youthful bloom:-Young man, pray tell me who has placed thee there? In vain the nuns my virtue sought to try; Who soon appeared, with tapers in the hand, Then thou'rt a silly ass, said mistress Nan; When thou art out, or naught would be exact. A lover be:--and wiles you'll soon pursue. The belle he wished, and who had proved so coy. Said Satan, soon I'll make her lend an ear, He'll thy commands obey, thou may'st depend, Will ask for others, which at once thou'lt find; So oft the spark was asked for orders new, THE lover to the crafty devil said:FRIEND Satan, said the lover, you are wrong; ./cache/5295.txt ./txt/5295.txt