What here exists not must exist elsewhere.

But play no tricks upon thy soul, O man;

Let fact be fact, and life the thing it can.

Sp. To these remarks so sage and clerkly,

Worthy of Malebranche or Berkeley,

I trust it won’t be deemed a sin

If I too answer ‘with a grin.’

These juicy meats, this flashing wine,

May be an unreal mere appearance;

Only—for my inside, in fine,