From him in vain the beggar sought relief—
“Who will not labour is an idle thief,
Stealing from those who will;” he knew not how
For the untaught and ill-taught to allow,
Children of want and vice, inured to ill, 170
Unchain’d the passions, and uncurb’d the will.
Alas! he look’d but to his own affairs,
Or to the rivals in his trade, and theirs;
Knew not the thousands who must all be fed,
Yet ne’er were taught to earn their daily bread;