In images so lively and so true,
That there each humorist himself might view.
Yet only lashed the errors of the times,
And ne'er exposed the persons, but the crimes;
And never cared for private frowns, when he
Did but chastise public iniquity:
He feared no pimp, no pick-pocket, or drab;
He feared no bravo, nor no ruffian's stab:
'Twas he alone true humours understood,
And with great wit and judgment made them good.