Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
