Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.
Uncertain whose the narrowest span,--the clown unread, or half-read gentleman.
Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
There is a proud modesty in merit.
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.