...momentary glow; There Vanity has made me seek The gilded roofs of hidden Woe. There have I seen negle&ed Worth, Abash'd, decline her honest head, While Vice...By Pride and Adulation led. There Envy steeps the poisonM dart, To strike at Merit's open breast ; • There smooth, insinuating Art Deceives the wisest...

...-- I 've left the gayer paths of life, Where Reason ne'er could Pleasure find, Where ever restless, busy Strife Leaves look'd-for Happiness behind. There...the poison'd dart, To strike at Merit's open breast ; The Nobles, who were wont to raise To Liberty a spotless shrine, To Av'rice now devote their days,...

...gilded roofs of hidden Woe. * There have I feen negleftcd Wortl>f Abaih'd, decline her hondl he;id, While Vice in gaudy robes came forth, By Pride and Adulation led. * There Envy fteeps the poifon'd dart, To (trike at Merit's open bread'; There fmooth, infinuuting Art Deceives...