Force a faint smile and sullenly attend,
}
When thou shalt call him Virtue's jealous friend,
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Whose bosom glows with generous rage to find
How fools and knaves are flatter'd by mankind.
"The sage retired, who spends alone his days,
And flies th' obstreperous voice of public praise;
The vain, the vulgar cry shall gladly meet,
And bid thee welcome to his still retreat;