Was whisper'd near him—and abroad he went.
One morn they call'd him, Richard answered not;
They deem'd him hanging, and in time forgot;
Yet miss'd him long, as each, throughout the clan,
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Found he "had better spared a better man."
Now Richard's talents for the world were fit,
He'd no small cunning, and had some small wit;
Had that calm look which seem'd to all assent,
And that complacent speech which nothing meant;