Whom studies vex and controversies blind.
The rich approved, - of them in awe he stood;
The poor admired, - they all believed him good;
The old and serious of his habits spoke;
The frank and youthful loved his pleasant joke;
Mothers approved a safe contented guest,
And daughters one who back’d each small request;
In him his flock found nothing to condemn;
Him sectaries liked, - he never troubled them:
No trifles fail’d his yielding mind to please,