Whose Midas touch can gild his asses' ears,

And load a knave with folly's rich arrears.

And lo! a second miracle is thine,

For sloe-juice water stands transform'd to wine.

Where Day and Martin's patent blacking roll'd

Burst from the vase Pactolian streams of gold;

Laugh the sly wizards, glorying in their stealth

Quit the black art, and loll in lazy wealth.

See Britain's Algerines, the lottery fry,

Win annual tribute by the annual lie!