Led by some tortuosity of mind,
Not to believe my verse and their own eyes,
And cry that they "the moral cannot find,"
I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies;
Should captains the remark, or critics, make,
They also lie too—under a mistake.
CCIX.
The public approbation I expect,
And beg they'll take my word about the moral,
Which I with their amusement will connect