The true golden lore for our golden age,
Or lessons from Barbauld and Trimmer,
Teaching the worth of Virtue and Health,
All that she knew was the Virtue of Wealth,
Provided by vulgar nursery stealth
With a Book of Leaf Gold for a primer.
LXXII.
The very metal of merit they told,
And praised her for being as "good as gold"!
Till she grew as a peacock haughty;