To live on little with a chearful Heart!
(A doctrine sage, but truly none of mine)
Let’s talk, my friends, but talk before we dine;
Not when the gilt buffet’s reflected pride
Turns you from sound Philosophy aside,
Not when from plate to plate the Eye-balls roll,
And the Brain dances to the mantling bowl,
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Now hear what blessings temperance can bring;
(Thus said my friend, and what he said I sing)