So, when my Days of Impotence approach,  
  And I'm by Pox and Wine's unlucky chance  
  Driv'n from the pleasing Billows of debauch  
  On the dull Shore of lazy Temperance; My Pains at least some Respite shall afford  
  While I behold the Battles you maintain  
  When Fleets of Glasses sail about the Board,  
  From whose Broad-sides Volleys of Wit shall rain.
The Maim'd Debauchee, ll. 13–20.























