Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

No choice amongst stinking fish.

No choice amongst stinking fish.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.