His manly sense, and energy of mind. 225
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe;
He still remember’d that he once was young;
His easy presence check’d no decent joy.
Him even the dissolute admir’d; for he
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And laughing cou’d instruct. Much had he read,
Much more had seen; he studied from the life,
And in th’ original perus’d mankind.
Vers’d in the woes and vanities of life,