CHORUS.
So this is my maxim wherever I’m twirl’d,
A fig for the cares of this whirligig world.
It has taught me to rise to the summit of ease,
By simply submitting to fortune’s degrees;
Thus I’m rich without pelf, for content is true wealth,
And the best vade mecum in sickness and health.
Just as full of defects as the rest of my kind,
“Give and take” is my measure, for specks in the mind;
For who in another shou’d pry for a spot,