Dabble, and there an end, with foam and froth o'er face,

Till suddenly Fifine suggested change of place?

Now we taste æther, scorn the ware, and interchange apace

No ordinary thoughts, but such as evidence

The cultivated mind in both. On what pretence

Are you and I to sneer at who lent help to hand,

And gave the lucky lift?

LXIX

Still sour? I understand!

One ugly circumstance discredits my fair plan—