And first to flatter, then to govern me;—

He shall not nurse me when my senses sleep,

Nor shall the key of all my secrets keep,

And be so useful that a dread to part

Shall make him master of my easy heart;—

But to be placed where merit may be proved,

And all that now impedes his way removed. 1060

“And now no more on these affairs I dwell; }

What I possess that I alone can tell, }

And to that subject we will bid farewell. }