Whate’er your games, whate’er your plays,
Let them no rival anger raise.
But play as sisters should with brothers;
For recollect this wholesome truth,
To man as useful as to youth;
Ambition’s drum, and Fancy’s toy
Excite the man and charm the boy;
But know, you dear, delightful elves,
You ne’er can truly please yourselves,
While you give pain to any others.