On men like these, devoid of sense or taste,

In vain might Cicero his rhet'rick waste.

Sufficient 'tis for me, that what is here,

I got from those who ev'ry-where appear

The friends of truth:—let others say the same;

What more would they expect should be my aim?

THE INDISCREET CONFESSIONS

[Original]

FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got,