That not to be corrupted, is the shame.
In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power,
’Tis avarice all, ambition is no more!
See all our nobles begging to be slaves!
See all our fools aspiring to be knaves!
All, all look up with reverential awe
At crimes that ‘scape or triumph o’er the law;
While truth, worth, wisdom daily they decry:
“Nothing is sacred now but villainy.”
Yet may this verse (if such a verse remain)