On some vile joke, I blow it to the skies,

And hold my sides for laughter.—Then to supper,

With others of our brotherhood to mess

In some night-cellar on our barley-cakes,

And club invention for the next day's shift.—Cumberland.

The same.

Of how we live, a sketch I'll give,

If you'll attentive be;

Of parasites, (we're thieves by rights,)

The flower and chief are we.