The subtle foe still to outbrave,
And man’s seducing arts defy.
The rich, the poor, the proud, the slave,
The fop, the clown, the low, the tall,
The gay, the giddy, or the grave,
I scornfully defy them all.
THE
RIVAL SWAINS.
WHILE o’er the plains stern winter bore the sway,
And Sol from Capricorn diffus’d his ray,