And studious Ombre be the pride of Spain;
Invention's praise shall England yield to none,
While she can call delightful Whist her own.
But to what name we this distinction owe,
Is not so easy for us now to know:
The British annals all are silent here,
Nor deign one friendly hint our doubts to clear:
Ev'n Hume himself, whose philosophic mind
Could not but love a pastime so refin'd:
Ungrateful Hume, who, till his dying day,