It is from the use, not the possession of talents, that we get on in life : the exertion of very moderate parts outweighs the indecision of the brightest. Men possessed of the first, do things tolerably, and are satisfied; of the last, forbear doing things well, because they have ideas beyond them.
Proud, ruthless man, by vengeance driven,
Regardless hears a brother plead; Regardless sees the brand of heaven,
Red quivering o'er his guilty head :
But once let woman's soothing tongue
Implore his help or clemency, Around him let her arms be flung,
Or, at his feet, her bended knee;
The world's a shadow ! vengeance sleeps!
The child of reason stands reveal'd— When beauty pleads, when woman weeps,
He is not man who scorns to yield !
Hogg.
I Ask'd of Time : to whom arose this high Majestic pile here sunk in rude decay ?
He answers not, but swifter speeds his way,
Fanning with outspread wings the boundles
