That they, in fact, possess an ample share

Of the world’s good, and feel not half its care:

Give them this comfort, and, indeed, my gout

In its full vigour causes me some doubt;

And let it always, for your zeal, suffice

That vice you combat, in the abstract - vice:

The very captious will be quiet then;

We all confess we are offending men:

In lashing sin, of every stroke beware,

For sinners feel, and sinners you must spare;