JOHN WOLCOT. 1738-1819.
What rage for fame attends both great and small!
Better be damned than mentioned not at all.
To the Royal Academicians.
No, let the monarch's bags and others hold
The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold.[431:3]
To Kien Long. Ode iv.
Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin so merry draws one out.