Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep!

What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare. Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food, And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.

In love we are all fools alike.

Exercise thy lasting youth defends.