 | Poems on Several Occasions |  |
The Stars are kind;—Behold a vacant Place!
And Fortune smiles; ev'n in a Poet's Face!
Pow'r, Honour, Business, Profit, all agree
To make (strange Chance!) a noted Man of me!
Nothing to wish, but his prolifick Word,
Whose Pleasure can—what can it not afford?
And Fortune smiles; ev'n in a Poet's Face!
Pow'r, Honour, Business, Profit, all agree
To make (strange Chance!) a noted Man of me!
Nothing to wish, but his prolifick Word,
Whose Pleasure can—what can it not afford?
| Poems on Several Occasions | |