For I in life have often seen
Good features with a wicked heart,
And plainness acting virtue’s part.
[IV.] ESOP AND THE INSOLENT FELLOW.
Fools from success perdition meet.
An idle wretch about the street
At Esop threw a stone in rage.
“So much the better,” quoth the sage,
And gives three farthings for the job;
“I’ve no more money in my fob;