Their very names have tired my lazy pen:

'Tis time to quit their company, and choose

Some fitter subject for a sharper muse.

First, let's behold the merriest man alive[41]

Against his careless genius vainly strive;

Quit his dear ease, some deep design to lay,

'Gainst a set time, and then forget the day:

Yet he will laugh at his best friends, and be

Just as good company as Nokes and Lee.

But when he aims at reason or at rule,