And thus secur’d their long-breath’d pensions,
Like porkers fattening in the sty,
On their fat sides at ease they lie;
Uplitter’d to their ears in straw,
Yet not a single beast will draw.
Dogs! to reduce you all to reason,
I wish, at least, for some short season,
That in your present master’s stead,
Too meek to tame so rough a breed,
Too mild to curb your factious spirit,