To become less bigoted, dull, and coarse;
I will also strive to promote no job,
And to cease the poor any more to rob.
’Though, I’m bound to add, I already fear
I’ve promised too much for the Glad New Year!”
Said a Man of Fashion, “Hereby I swear
To think much less of the clothes I wear;
To gamble less when I cannot pay,
Less spirits to drink, less slang essay;
The spiteful talk of the Club to ban,