By puffs concipient some in ether flit,

And soar in bravos from the thundering pit;

Some forth on ticket-nights[51] from tradesmen break,

To mar the actor they design to make;

While some this mortal life abortive miss,

Crush'd by a groan, or strangled by a hiss.

So, when 'Dog's-meat' re-echoes through the streets,

Rush sympathetic dogs from their retreats,

Beam with bright blaze their supplicating eyes,

Sink their hind-legs, ascend their joyful cries;