'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