I may dislike the hocus-pocus,—Rome,

The laughter-loving people, won't they stare

Chapfallen!—while serious natures sermonize,

"The magistrate, he beareth not the sword

In vain; who sins may taste its edge, we see!"

Why my sin, drunkards? Where have I abused

Liberty, scandalized you all so much?

Who called me, who crooked finger till I came,

Fool that I was, to join companionship?

I knew my own mind, meant to live my life,