However destitute, be left to droop

By timely culture unsustained; or run

Into a wild disorder; or be forced

To drudge through a weary life without the help[844]

Of intellectual implements and tools;

A savage horde among the civilised,

A servile band among the lordly free!

This sacred right, the lisping babe proclaims[845]

To be inherent in him, by Heaven's will,

For the protection of his innocence;