And on all pleasues, which his purse could give,
Freely to seize, and while he lived, to live.”
Much time he pass’d in this important strife,
The bliss or bane of his remaining life;
For converts all are made with care and grief,
And pangs attend the birth of unbelief;
Nor pass they soon; - with awe and fear he took
The flowery way, and cast back many a look.
The youths applauded much his wise design,
With weighty reasoning o’er their evening wine;