The proud are ever most provoked by pride.

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.

Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in

O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!

Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.