Spoken of Several Philosophers + 

I pray you, all ye men who put your trust + 

In moulds and systems and well-tackled gear, + 

Holding that Nature lives from year to year + 

In one continual round because she must⁠— + 

Set me not down, I pray you, in the dust + 

Of all these centuries, like a pot of beer⁠— + 

A pewter-pot disconsolately clear, + 

Which holds a potful, as is right and just! + 

I will grow clamorous⁠—by the rood, I will, + 

If thus ye use me like a pewter pot! + 

Good friend, thou art a toper and a sot⁠— + 

will not be the lead to hold thy swill, + 

Nor any lead: I will arise and spill + 

Thy silly beverage⁠—spill it piping hot! + 