That spirits are conjectured fair or foul,

Evil or good, judicious authors think,

According as they vanish in a stink

Or in a perfume. Friends, be frank! ye snuff

Civet, I warrant. Really? Like enough!

Merely the savor's rareness; any nose

May ravage with impunity a rose:

Rifle a musk-pod and 't will ache like yours!

I 'd tell you that same pungency ensures

An after-gust, but that were overbold.