Among these worthies, some at first declare
For whom they vote: he then has most to spare;
Others hang off - when coming to the post
Is spurring time, and then he’ll spare the most:
While some demurring, wait, and find at last
The bidding languish, and the market past;
These will affect all bribery to condemn,
And be it Satan laughs, he laughs at them.
Some too are pious - One desired the Lord
To teach him where “to drop his little word;