To sing, and dance, and laugh, and play;
Now following this, now that, and that,
And so’t be new, no matter what;
Free from all rules of just and fit,
Do mischief first, then laugh at it:
This is diversion, pleasure, wit.”
The Ass was here provok’d to rise,
And gravely thus bray’d his advice:
“If,” said he, “real pleasure is
In such buffoonery as this,