But no Daniel was there to decipher the wall.—
Ah! I know his large heart, and beneficent plan;
Though he's run from the course, yet HE FEELS LIKE A MAN:
Though he dissipates seeds of an undeserv'd sorrow,
And, gaily, puts off half his ills till the morrow,
His radical nobleness knows no decay;
He will act, but not cant;—he'll relieve ere he'll pray:
As Charity's retinue own, while embrac'd,
In his gift he gives twice, 'tis a deed so well grac'd.
When their mirth grew to madness, and jests met the ear,