A changeless fortune, and a life serene?
Ah! then how joyous were the hours we spent!
But joy is restless, joy is not content.
“There one resided, who, to serve his friend,
Was pleased a gay fair lady to commend; 670
Was pleased t’ invite the happy man to dine,
And introduced the subject o’er their wine;
Was pleased the lady his good friend should know,
And as a secret his regard would show.
“A modest man lacks courage; but, thus train’d,