Of private life licentiously displayed

Unhallowed actions—planted like a crown

Upon the insolent aspiring brow

Of spurious notions—worn as open signs

Of prejudice subdued—still he[136] retained,

'Mid much[137] abasement, what he had received

From nature, an intense and glowing mind.

Wherefore, when humbled Liberty grew weak,

And mortal sickness on her face appeared,

He coloured objects to his own desire