Withdrawn,—to while away the summer hours
In condescension among rural guests.
"With these high comrades he had revelled long,
Frolicked industriously, a simple Clerk
By hopes of coming patronage beguiled
Till the heart sickened. So, each loftier aim
Abandoning and all his showy friends,[638]
For a life's stay (slender it was, but sure)
He turned to this secluded chapelry;
That[639] had been offered to his doubtful choice