A fav'rite has no friend!
One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame.
Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes.