As such, when hunger finds a treat,
’Tis necessary wolves should eat.
If, mindful of the bleating weal,
Thy bosom burn with real zeal,
Hence, and thy tyrant lord beseech—
To him repeat thy moving speech.
A wolf eats sheep but now and then—
Ten thousands are devoured by men!
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.’”