LXXVII.
"Beatus ille procul!" from "negotiis,"[722]
Saith Horace; the great little poet's wrong;
His other maxim, "Noscitur à sociis,"[723]
Is much more to the purpose of his song;
Though even that were sometimes too ferocious,
Unless good company be kept too long;
But, in his teeth, whate'er their state or station,
Thrice happy they who have an occupation!