For knowledge to their eyes her ample page,
Rich with the spoils of Time, did ne’er enroll;
Fair Science smil’d not on their early age,
Nor Genius gave an impulse to the soul.
Their names, their merits in the Morning Post,
The place of honest eulogy supply,
With many an idle tale, and many a boast,
And many a silly speech, and many a lie.
For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey,