Of scent, what difference 'twixt the pungent rum
And noxious vapours of fermenting stum;
Of hearing, to Champain's decanted swell
From the dull gurgle of expiring ale?
The touch, how distant in the mean and great,
Who feel all roughness, or who feed from plate;
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In the nice Lord, behold what arts produce;
From vases carv'd is quaff'd the balmy juice;
How palates vary in the poor Divine,