PLATO'S REPUBLIC PERFECT.
The City's the Model Republic of Plato,
As like as potato can be to potato,
Save in one point alone; and it would be a pity
If that difference did not distinguish the City.
In Plato's Republic, all good things combining,
That serve to the great ends of drinking and dining,
No Poet was suffered his metres to mingle
With the clatter of plates, and the wine glasses' jingle.