VERSES UNDER THE BUSTO OF COMUS IN A BUFFET AT HAMMERSMITH. E AUGUST MDCCL. BY THE SAME. WHILE rosy wreaths the goblet deck, Thus Comus spoke, or seem'd to speak: "This place for social hours design'd, " May Care and Business never find. "Come, every Muse, without restraint, " Let Genius prompt, and Fancy paint; "Let Wit and Mirth, with friendly strife, " Chase the dull gloom that saddens life: "True Wit, that firm to Virtue's cause " Respects religion and the laws; "True Mirth, that chearfulness supplies " To modest ears and decent eyes; "Let these indulge their liveliest sallies, " Both scorn the canker'd help of Malice; "True to their country and their friend, " Both scorn to flatter or offend. "