XLIV + 

Amid sly, pusillanimous + 

Spoiled children most degenerate + 

And tiresome rogues ridiculous + 

And stupid censors passionate; + 

Amid coquettes who pray to God + 

And abject slaves who kiss the rod; + 

In haunts of fashion where each day + 

All with urbanity betray, + 

Where harsh frivolity proclaims + 

Its cold unfeeling sentences; + 

Amid the awful emptiness + 

Of conversation, thought and aims⁠— + 

In that morass where you and I + 

Wallow, my friends, in company! + 