Such mean connexions haughtily reproved;
Indignant he rebuked th’ enamoured boy,
The flattering promise of his future joy;
He soothed and menaced, anxious to reclaim
This hopeless passion, or divert its aim;
Oft led the youth where circling joys delight
The ravished sense, or beauty charms the sight.
With all her powers enchanting Music failed,
And Pleasure’s syren voice no more prevailed:
Long with unequal art, in vain he strove