How quick the change from joy to woe, How chequer'd is our lot below! Seldom we view the prospect fair; Dark clouds of sorrow, pain, and care (Some pleasing intervals between),...
Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind, While young, humane, conversable, and kind, Nor can I well believe thee, gentle then, Now grown a villain, and the worst of men....
Dear architect of fine chateaux in air, Worthier to stand for ever, if they could, Than any built of stone or yet of wood, For back of royal elephant to bear!