A shape of perfect symmetry;
Which Swift would not have fail'd to spare,
Had his bold fancy wander'd there,
And Lemuel Gulliver had been
The visitor of such a scene.
"In this same state I wander'd on,
Grumbling and doubting and alone,
Though some encouragement I met
Which made me whilom cease to fret;
For, tales I hap'd by chance to know