Thus oft we see a currish, Mungrel Crew,

A stately Mastiff eagerly pursue.

They swarm around, they yelp, they snarl, they grin,

Bold in Appearance, timerous within:

With such mean Foes he deigns not to engage,

But lifts his Leg, and pisses out their Rage.

How dar’st thou, Peasant, give thy Pen this Loose?

Becomes it thee thus madly to traduce?

The Great, the Low, the Virtuous, and the Base,

Alike are grown thy Subject of Disgrace.