He, like an osier, was of pliant kind,
Erect by nature, but to bend inclined;
Not like a creeper falling to the ground,
Or meanly catching on the neighbours round.—
Careless was he of surplice, hood, and band—
And kindly took them as they came to hand;
Nor, like the doctor, wore a world of hat,
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As if he sought for dignity in that.
He talk'd, he gave, but not with cautious rules,