“That worthy Craft in others they condemn: “But ’tis their Prudence, while conducting them. “Be FLATTERY, then, thy happy Infant’s Name, “Let _Honour_ scorn her and let _Wit_ defame; “Let all be true that Envy dooms, yet all, “Not on herself, but on her Name, shall fall; “While she thy Fortune and her own shall raise, “And decent _Truth_ be call’d and lov’d, as modest _Praise_. “O happy Child! the glorious Day shall shine,} “When every Ear shall to thy Speech incline, } “Thy Words alluring and the Voice divine: } “The sullen Pedant and the sprightly Wit, “To hear thy soothing Eloquence, shall sit; “And both, abjuring Flattery, will agree, “That Truth inspires and they must honour thee. “_Envy_ himself shall to thy Accents bend, “Force a faint smile and sullenly attend, “When thou shalt call him _Virtue’s jealous Friend_, “Whose Bosom glows with generous rage to find, “How Fools and Knaves are flatter’d by Mankind. “The Sage retir’d, who spends alone his Days, “And flies th’ obstreperous Voice of public Praise; “The vain, the vulgar Cry,--shall gladly meet, “And bid thee welcome to his still Retreat; “Much will he wonder, how thou cam’st to find “A Man to Glory dead, to Peace consign’d. “O Fame! he’ll cry, (for he will call thee Fame,) “From thee I fly, from thee conceal my Name; “But thou shalt say, Though Genius takes his Flight, “He leaves behind a glorious Train of Light, “And hides in vain:--yet prudent he that flies “The Flatterer’s Art, and for himself is wise. “Yes, happy Child! I mark th’ approaching Day, “When warring Natures will confess thy Sway; “When thou shalt Saturn’s golden Reign restore, “And Vice and Folly shall be known no more. “_Pride_ shall not then in Human-kind have place, “Chang’d by thy Skill, to _Dignity_ and _Grace_; “While _Shame_, who now betrays the inward Sense “Of secret Ill, shall be thy _Diffidence_; “_Avarice_ shall thenceforth prudent _Forecast_ be, “And bloody _Vengeance_, _Magnanimity_; “The lavish Tongue shall honest Truths impart, } “The lavish Hand shall show the generous Heart,} “And _Indiscretion_ be, Contempt of Art: } “Folly and Vice shall then, no longer known, “Be, this as Virtue, that as Wisdom, shown. “Then shall the _Robber_, as the Hero rise “To seize the Good, that churlish Law denies; “Throughout the World shall rove the generous Band, “And deal the Gifts of Heaven from hand to hand. “In thy blest Days no Tyrants shall be seen, “Thy gracious Kings shall rule contented Men; “In thy blest Days shall not a Rebel be, “But Patriots all and well approv’d of thee. “Such Powers are thine, that Man, by thee, shall wrest “The gainful Secret from the cautious Breast; “Nor then, with all his care, the Good retain,