As a boy, reserved and naughty;
As a youth, a coxcomb and haughty;
As a man, for action inclined;
As a greybeard, fickle in mind.–
Upon thy grave will people read:
This was a very man, indeed!
1815.*
As a boy, reserved and naughty;
As a youth, a coxcomb and haughty;
As a man, for action inclined;
As a greybeard, fickle in mind.–
Upon thy grave will people read:
This was a very man, indeed!
1815.*