Great was his courage, and but few could stand
Against the sleight and vigour of his hand;
The maidens loved him; - when he came to die,
No, not the coldest could suppress a sigh:
Here I must cease - how can I say, my child
Was by the bad of either sex beguiled?
Worst of the bad - they taught him that the laws
Made wrong and right; there was no other cause,
That all religion was the trade of priests,
And men, when dead, must perish like the beasts: -