86, in the MS.--
Of good and evil gods what frighted fools,
Of good and evil reason puzzled schools,
Deceived, deceiving, taught, &c.
After VER. 108, in the MS.--
A tedious voyage! where how useless lies
The compass, if no powerful gusts arise?
After VER. 112, in the MS.--
The soft reward the virtuous, or invite;
The fierce, the vicious punish or affright.
After VER. 194, in the MS.--
How oft, with passion, Virtue points her charms!
Then shines the hero, then the patriot warms.
Peleus' great son, or Brutus, who had known,
Had Lucrece been a whore, or Helen none!
But virtues opposite to make agree,
That, Reason! is thy task; and worthy thee.
Hard task, cries Bibulus, and reason weak:
Make it a point, dear Marquess! or a pique.
Once, for a whim, persuade yourself to pay
A debt to reason, like a debt at play.
For right or wrong have mortals suffer'd more?
B---- for his prince, or ---- for his whore?
Whose self-denials nature most control?
His, who would save a sixpence, or his soul?
Web for his health, a Chartreux for his sin,
Contend they not which soonest shall grow thin?
What we resolve, we can: but here's the fault,
We ne'er resolve to do the thing we ought.
After VER. 220, in the first edition, followed these--
A cheat! a whore! who starts not at the name,
In all the Inns of Court or Drury Lane?
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