"Attend, my Sons, and you, my friends, draw near,

And on my last remain bestow a tear;

Your dear, dear Punch, must yield his nect'rous breath,

And ere to-morrow noon submit to death.

No hopes of pardon, no reprieve is nigh,

My death is sign'd: and must I, must I die?

It is resolv'd.—Then rouse your noble souls,

And crown this night with cheerful flowing bowls;

Let none but you, my friends, support my pall,

And bilk those fops who triumph in my fall[51:A]."