Christopher Smart

“ We pay our debts in honour's cause,
Lost in the breaking of the laws:
'Tis for some selfish impious end,
To murder the sincerest friend;
15 But wou'd you alter all the clan,
Turn out an honourable man. ”

“ Too hard for any frog's digestion,
To have his froghood call'd in question! ”

“ These volunteers for black perdition.
1754 Notes First published in The Gentleman's Magazine (Aug. 1754) . Reprinted 1773, 1791. Title: The Duellist (1791) .
↑ 38. monomachy: single combat.↑ 40. montant and in passado: terms for sword-strokes in fencing.↑ 60. loggerheads: thickheads, fools.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”