Adorn'd with all these charms, beware
How you exert your pow'r too far;
Mould into smiles each pretty feature,
And act the tyrant with good-nature.
For see! this Op'ra will reveal
How great a crime it is to steal!
What laws invented to keep under
People inclin'd to theft and plunder.
What pity 'tis we cannot boast
Of laws to regulate a Toast!
For if a wretch, who steals a horse,
Or civilly demands your purse,
Deserves poor  threaten'd fate;
And for example swings in state;
What shall we do with those, I pray,
Who steal poor people's Hearts away?