The father’s views were in a different line, -
But if at college he were sure to shine.
Then should he go - to prosper who could doubt?
When schoolboy stigmas would be all wash’d out,
For there were marks upon his youthful face,
’Twixt vice and error - a neglected case -
These would submit to skill; a little time,
And none could trace the error or the crime;
Then let him go, and once at college, he
Might choose his station - what would Frederick be.