And flowers of every scent and every hue,
That native in more favour’d climes arise,
Are here protected from th’ inclement skies.
To this fair place, with mingled pride and shame
This lad of learning without knowledge came—
Shame for his conscious ignorance, and pride
To this fair seat in this gay style to ride. 190
The cause that brought him was a small account,
His father’s due, and he must take the amount,
And sign a stamp’d receipt! this done, he might