LXXVII.

_"Beatus ille procul!_" from "_negotiis,_"[722] Saith Horace; the great little poet's wrong; His other maxim, _"Noscitur à sociis,"_[723] Is much more to the purpose of his song; Though even that were sometimes too ferocious, Unless good company be kept too long; But, in his teeth, whate'er their state or station, Thrice happy they who _have_ an occupation!