For culture which the monarch meant
For scholars poor and indigent;
Unable for their lore to pay—
Some grumbling churls, in language strong,
Pronounce this change a wicked wrong,
No matter what they say!
Ah hapless tow’rs! ah luckless spires!
Ah statutes shirk’d amain!
That high-born sons of noble sires
Might learning gratis gain;