The Cheat! — and are there such? — Strange things, alas! Have, among the Holy Shepherds, come to pass! Some, to the Wolf abandoning their Flocks, Have broke their necks by following the Fox; Some have admir'd, as sundry folks opine, Their Patrons' Tables, Moses! more than thine; Others — but, oh, Reviewer! groan and pray! The Reverend Doctor D—dd was hang'd, one day! He only forged; for MURDER H—ckm—n died, But strove to chouse Jack Ketch, by SUICIDE. Wretched Divines! whose Office 'twas to jog Our memories to obey the Decalogue;— The veriest Urchin, old enough to look Into a Writing-Master's Copy-Book, Teaching these Teachers, might have quoted, then, "Command your Passions," and — "Command your Pen."
