Classic Poem

Gellius had frequently been told,
His uncle us'd to rave, and scold;
If any of his friends should be
Doing, or talking wantonly:
He, to avoid reproof, and strife,
Affects to flout his uncle's wife;
His uncle silent, and his friend
Thus made, Gellius had gain'd his end;
Who now this very uncle jeers,
And not one word of censure fears.