Ah! let not aught amiss within dispose

A noble mind to practise on herself,

And tempt opinion to support the wrongs

Of passion: whatsoe'er be[392] felt or feared,

From higher judgment-seats make no appeal

To lower: can you question that the soul

Inherits an allegiance, not by choice

To be cast off, upon an oath proposed

By each new upstart notion? In the ports

Of levity no refuge can be found,