You as Inferior must appear;

But business o'er and they are gone,

Then good Quæ Genus, we are one!"

At length the compact was agreed,
And all things promis'd to succeed:
Our Hero soon could cup and bleed;		}
And, with a kind, officious grace,
The med'cine gave in time and place;
Nay, as occasion might afford,
Bitters improve with sweet'ning word:
He had acquir'd the art to please
With welcome flatt'ries such as these.

"How stout your legs appear to-day!

I trust you have walk'd all the way!

And ere that our brief work is done,

We shall have taught you how to run!"

"O madam! how I must rejoice,

That you have lost your husky voice;