The slow-tongu'd Bishop, and the Deacon sly,
The humble Pensioner, and Gownsman dry;
The proud, the mean, the selfish, and the great,
Swell the dull throng, and stagger into state.
Lo! proud Flaminius at the splendid board,
The easy chaplain of an atheist Lord,
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Quaffs the bright juice, with all the gust of sense,
And clouds his brain in torpid elegance;
In china vases see the sparkling ill,