How wit must sparkle, and how fancy flow."—
It might be so, but no such club-days come;
We always find these dampers in the room.
If to converse were all that brought us here,
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A few odd members would in turn appear;
Who, dwelling nigh, would saunter in and out,
O'erlook the list, and toss the books about;
Or, yawning, read them, walking up and down,
Just as the loungers in the shops in town;