Gladly with thee would pass inglorious days,
Renounce the warrior’s tempting praise,
And buy thee, if thou might’st be sold,
With gems, and purple vests, and stores of plunder’d gold.
III
But neither boundless wealth, nor guards that wait
Around the Consul’s honour’d gate,
Nor antichambers with attendants fill’d,
The mind’s unhappy tumults can abate,
Or banish sullen cares, that fly