'T is true that Death awaits both you and me,
But let us die like men, not sink below
Like brutes:"—and thus his dangerous post kept he,
And none liked to anticipate the blow;
And even Pedrillo, his most reverend tutor,
Was for some rum a disappointed suitor.
XXXVII.
The good old gentleman was quite aghast,
And made a loud and pious lamentation;
Repented all his sins, and made a last