Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable — treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her.
18th Century Mary Barber EnglishOccasion'd by seeing the Honourable — treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her.
Contented in my humble State, I look with Pity on the Great; Who only Birth, or Wealth, respect, And treat true Merit with neglect.
O Pow'r supreme! let me implore Some Little from thy boundless Store! Give me a constant, small Support, Without the Plague of paying Court! Let none but Fools, who pine to rise, Be curs'd to bow, where they despise.