The world’s approval he is sure to gain.

But, would you think it? he has now essayed

To be a bard, and countless verses made;

Perhaps ten thousand, perhaps ten times more,

For none but he could ever count them o’er;

Not scribbled down on scraps, as one does when

In careless rhymes we only try our pen,

But in a gilt-edged book, all richly bound,

The writing ornate with a care profound,

Rich silken cords to mark each favorite part,