A world of good within the town might do;
To vote him honours, therefore, they inclined;
But these he sought not, and with thanks resign’d;
His days of business, he declared, were past,
And he would wait in quiet for the last; 50
But for a dinner and a day of mirth
He was the readiest being upon earth.
Men call’d him Captain, and they found the name
By him accepted without pride or shame.
Not in the Navy—that did not appear: