English poem
Servirilis
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
They are about to recommence;--the play Will be the last of seven, and spick-span new--' 'Tis usual here that number to present. A dilettante did the piece invent, And dilettanti will enact it too. Excuse me, gentlemen; to me's assign'd As dilettante to uplift the curtain.