Pleased in her sight, the Youth required no more;

Not rich himself, he saw the damsel poor;

And he too wisely, nay, too kindly loved,

To pain the being whom his soul approved.

A serious Friend our cautious Youth possess’d,

And at his table sat a welcome guest;

Both unemploy’d, it was their chief delight

To read what free and daring authors write;

Authors who loved from common views to soar,

And seek the fountains never traced before: