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XVIII.

'Thou bane of genius!--party's sordid slave! Mistaken, perverse, crooked is thy mind! No humble son of merit thou wilt save, Truth, virtue, ne'er from thee did friendship find; And while of freedom thou canst fume and rave, Of titles, party, wealth, thou art the cringing slave!