Verse Satire Indeed Is Entirely Our Own.

The Prosperous Can Not Easily Form A Right Idea Of Misery.

One Thing, However, I Must Premise, That Without The Assistance Of Natural Capacity, Rules And Precepts Are Of No Efficacy.

The Mind Is Exercised By The Variety And Multiplicity Of The Subject Matter, While The Character Is Moulded By The Contemplation Of Virtue And Vice.

God, That All-powerful Creator Of Nature And Architect Of The World, Has Impressed Man With No Character So Proper To Distinguish Him From Other Animals, As By The Faculty Of Speech.

Men, Even When Alone, Lighten Their Labors By Song, However Rude It May Be.