Produced, when thoughtless Folly hath usurped

The natural crown that[536] sage Experience wears.

Gay, volatile, ingenious, quick to learn,

And prompt to exhibit all that he possessed

Or could perform; a zealous actor, hired

Into the troop of mirth, a soldier, sworn

Into the lists of giddy enterprise—

Such was he;[HI] yet, as if within his frame

Two several souls alternately had lodged,

Two sets of manners could the Youth put on;