In his own chariot soon he rattles on,
And half believes the lies that built him one.
But not of these was David: care and pain,
And studious toil prepar’d his way to gain.
At first observed, then trusted, he became 240
At length respected, and acquired a name.
Keen, close, attentive, he could read mankind,
The feeble body, and the failing mind;
And if his heart remain’d untouch’d, his eyes,
His air, and tone, with all could sympathise.