And we all know content is an excellent feast;
’Tis a maxim entitled to ev’ry one’s praise,
When a man feels distress, like a man to relieve him.
And my motto, tho’ simple, means more than it says,
“May we ne’er want a friend, nor a bottle to give him.
Thomas Dibdin.
A New Version.
(Addressed to the shades of Dibdin.)
Since the first dawn of reason on—Dibdin—your mind.