Leads him to think of joys again;

And when his earthly visions droop,

His views of heavenly kind remain:

But whence that meek and humbled strain,

That spirit wounded, lost, resign’d?

Would not so proud a soul disdain

The madness of the poorest mind?

PHYSICIAN.

No! for the more he swell’d with pride,

The more he felt misfortune’s blow;