Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
By education most have been misled; So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man.
Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store
Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son.
Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best of thieves; who, with an easy key, Dost open life, and, unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.