There is a luxury[340] in self-dispraise;

And inward self-disparagement affords

To meditative spleen a grateful feast.

Trust me, pronouncing on your own desert,

You judge unthankfully: distempered nerves

Infect the thoughts: the languor of the frame

Depresses the soul's vigour. Quit your couch—

Cleave not so fondly to your moody cell;

Nor let the hallowed powers, that shed from heaven

Stillness and rest, with disapproving eye