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
.
"