}

Still some conceit will Benbow's mind inflate;

}

Poor as he is—'tis pleasant to relate

}

The joys he once possess'd: it soothes his present state.

Seated with some grey beadsman, he regrets

His former feasting, though it swell'd his debts;

Topers once famed, his friends in earlier days,

Well he describes, and thinks description praise: