Whate'er you do, abhor a tell-tale,
In all things else you scarce can well fail;
But when a servant turns his back,
Then all at once be at him smack,
And ev'ry fault the rest have done
Ascribe to him, when once he's gone.
First, then, (though you are no detractor,)
"He got in with a false charàcter;
He was ungrateful,—oh, most horrid!
Deceit itself 'rit in his forrid,'