Where Once My Careless Childhood Strayed, /

To Contemplation's Sober Eye, Such Is The Race Of Man; And They That Creep, And They That Fly, Shall End Where They Began, Alike The Busy And The Gay, But Flutter Through Life's Little Day.

Nor Grandeur Hear With A Disdainful Smile The Short And Simple Annals Of The Poor.

Commerce Changes Entirely The Fate And Genius Of Nations, By Communicating Arts And Opinions, Circulating Money, And Introducing The Materials Of Luxury; She First Opens And Polishes The Mind, Then Corrupts And Enervates Both That And The Body.

Men Will Believe Anything At All Provided They Are Under No Obligation To Believe It.

A Fav'rite Has No Friend!