Second Epistle To Robert Graham, ESQ., Of Fintry
the bounteous meed they well deserve,
they only wonder “some folks” do not starve.
the grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog,
and thinks the malrd a sad worthless dog.
when disappois snaps the clue of hope,
and thro' disastrous night they darkling grope,
with deaf endurance sluggishly they bear,
and just clude that “fools are fortune's care.”
so, heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks,
strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox.
not so the idle muses' mad-cap train,
not such the ws of their moon-struck brain;
in equanimity they never dwell,
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