An active partner in a lawless trade;
Fond of adventure, wanton as the wave, 70
He loved the danger and the law to brave;
But these were chance-adventures, known to few—
Not that the hero cared what people knew.
The brothers met not often—When they met,
James talk’d of honest gains and scorn of debt,
Of virtuous labour, of a sober life,
And what with credit would support a wife.
But Robert answer’d—“How can men advise