Convicts a man fanatic in the extreme,
And wild as madness in the world’s esteem.
Cowper.
The joy that vain amusements give,
O, sad conclusion that it brings,
The honey of a crowded hive
Defended by a thousand stings.
’Tis thus the world rewards the fools
That live upon her treacherous smiles;
She leads them blindfold, by her rules,