Of men self-praised and falsely vain,
And men of real worth in grain.
[XX.] THE ESCAPE OF SIMONIDES.
Th’ attention letters can engage,
Ev’n from a base degen’rate age,
I’ve shown before; and now shall show
Their lustre in another view,
And tell a memorable tale,
How much they can with heav’n prevail.
Simonides, the very same