By some kind hospitable heart possess'd, The scrutiny of those all-seeing eyes I dare not And you need not, God replies; The Book shall teach you-read, believe, and live! For though the Pope has lost his interest here, Than some grave sinners upon English ground. The future shall obliterate the past, And heaven, no doubt, shall be their home at last. Come, then-a still, small whisper in your ear He has no hope who never had a fear; And he that never doubted of his state, He may perhaps-perhaps he may-too late. The path to bliss abounds with many a snare; Learning is one, and wit, however rare. The Frenchman, first in literary fame (Mention him, if you please. Voltaire?-The same), C With spirit, genius, eloquence, supplied, Lived long, wrote much, laugh'd heartily, and died; The Scripture was his jest-book, whence he drew Because ye will not, Conyers wou pay And he says much that many may dispute Envy, ye great, the dull unletter'd small: That question has its answer-What is man? And she, once mistress of the realms around, So sings he, charm'd with his own mind and form, The song magnificent-the theme a worm! |