Ah! Why, Ye Gods, Should Two And

Those Oft Are Stratagems Which Errors Seem Nor Is It Homer Nods, But We That Dream.

For Forms Of Government, Let Fools Contest; Whate'er Is Best Administered, Is Best.

Unthought-of Frailties Cheat Us In The Wise.

When Rumours Increase, And When There Is An Abundance Of Noise And Clamour, Believe The Second Report.

Silence! Coeval With Eternity! Thou Wert Ere Nature's Self Began To Be; Thine Was The Sway Ere Heaven Was Formed On Earth, Ere Fruitful Thought Conceived Creation's Birth.