PROLOGUE.
I generously remove wealth's proud barrier,
Of distant ranks bring kindred tempers near;
And spurning custom's arbitrary rule,
Would fain bring back the world to nature's school.
Of distant ranks bring kindred tempers near;
And spurning custom's arbitrary rule,
Would fain bring back the world to nature's school.
Yet rashly 'tis pronounced that I am blind—
———No; be the blindness charged on human kind.
Let man with reason mix my hallowed fire,
And then shall happiness exalt desire.
———No; be the blindness charged on human kind.
Let man with reason mix my hallowed fire,
And then shall happiness exalt desire.
