He saw another in his office reign,
And his mild master treat him with disdain;
He saw that all men shunn'd him, some reviled;
The harsh pass'd frowning, and the simple smiled;
The town maintain'd him, but with some reproof;
"And clerks and scholars proudly kept aloof."
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In each lone place, dejected and dismay'd,
Shrinking from view, his wasting form he laid;
Or to the restless sea and roaring wind