Farewell! a long, a last adieu!

Me wrangling courts, and stubborn law,

To smoke, and crowds, and cities draw:

There selfish faction rules the day, 35

And pride and avarice throng the way;

Diseases taint the murky air,

And midnight conflagrations glare;

Loose revelry, and riot bold,

In frighted streets their orgies hold; 40

Or, where in silence all is drowned,