And Virtue’s without Wisdom weak;
Better than Falsehood’s flowery vale,
The Truth, however bleak.
Tho’ she may bless not nor redeem,
The Truth is true, and reigns supreme.’
1. ‘Not all, but few, can plead and prove
And crown their brows with Truth and pass;
Their little labours cannot move
The mountain’s mighty mass.
To man in vain the Truth appeals,