With a Fa la, la, la, la,

The Muses now, &c.

But tho' the Muses should be kind,

And fill our empty Brain;

Yet if rough Neptune cause the Wind,

To rouse the Azure Main:

Our Paper, Pens, and Ink and we,

Rowl up and down our Ships at Sea,

With a Fa la, &c.

Then if we write not by each Post,