Which tie his darling vices to his heart.
Nor is this call the signal of destruction—
’Tis but the voice of love omnipotent,
Once speaking in a still small voice, but now
Rising with power t’ accuse and to deride;
Which once intreated, now commands attention,
And wretched, doubly wretched is the man
Who still endeavours to evade its influence.
VIATOR.
New-York, Sept. 15, 1796.