They only talk awhile, and there’s an end.”

“Come, you shall purchase books,” the Friend replied;

“You are bewilder’d, and you want a guide;

To me refer the choice, and you shall find

The light break in upon your stagnant mind!”

The cooler Clerks exclaim’d, “In vain your art

To improve a cub without a head or heart;

Rustics, though coarse, and savages, though wild,

Our cares may render liberal and mild:

But what, my friend, can flow from all these pains?