77. THE PLAUDITE, OR END OF LIFE

If after rude and boisterous seas

My wearied pinnace here finds ease;

If so it be I've gain'd the shore,

With safety of a faithful oar;

If having run my barque on ground,

Ye see the aged vessel crown'd;

What's to be done? but on the sands

Ye dance and sing, and now clap hands.

--The first act's doubtful, but (we say)

It is the last commends the Play.

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