Bear, Like The Turk, No Brother Near

Fickle Fortune Reigns, And, Undiscerning, Scatters Crowns And Chains.

And Binding Nature Fast In Fate, Left Free The Human Will.

Histories Are More Full Of Examples Of The Fidelity Of Dogs Than Of Friends.

See How The World Its Veterans Rewards! A Youth Of Frolics, An Old Age Of Cards; Fair To No Purpose, Artful To No End, Young Without Lovers, Old Without A Friend; A Fop Their Passion, But Their Prize A Sot; Alive Ridiculous, And Dead Forgot.

Religion Blushing, Veils Her Sacred Fires, And Unawares Morality Expires.