“Go, soft enthusiast, quit the cypress groves,

Nor to the rivulet’s lonely moanings tune

Your sad complaint. Go seek the cheerful haunts

Of men, and mingle with the bustling crowd;

Lay schemes for Wealth, or Power, or Fame, the wish

Of noble minds, and push them night and day,

Or join the caravan in quest of scenes

New to your eyes, and shifting every hour,

Beyond the Alps, beyond the Apennines.

Or, more adventurous, rush into the field