877877'Tis thou that execut'st the traitor's treason;
878878Thou sets the wolf where he the lamb may get;
879879Who ever plots the sin, thou point'st the season.
880880'Tis thou that spurn'st at right, at law, at reason;
881881And in thy shady cell, where none may spy him,
882882Sits sin to seize the souls that wander by him."
127883883"Thou mak'st the vestal violate her oath,
884884Thou blow'st the fire when temperance is thawed,
885885Thou smother'st honesty, thou murder'st troth.
886886Thou foul abettor, thou notorious bawd,
887887Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud.
888888Thou ravisher, thou traitor, thou false thief,
889889Thy honey turns to gall, thy joy to grief."
128890890"Thy secret pleasure turns to open shame,
891891Thy private feasting to a public fast,
892892Thy smoothing titles to a ragged name,
893893Thy sugared tongue to bitter wormwood taste.
894894Thy violent vanities can never last.
895895How comes it then, vile Opportunity,
896896Being so bad, such numbers seek for thee?"
129897897"When wilt thou be the humble suppliant's friend,
898898And bring him where his suit may be obtained?
899899When wilt thou sort an hour great strifes to end,
900900Or free that soul which wretchedness hath chained,
901901Give physic to the sick, ease to the pained?
902902The poor, lame, blind, halt, creep, cry out for thee,
903903But they ne'er meet with Opportunity."
130904904"The patient dies while the physician sleeps;
905905The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds;
906906Justice is feasting while the widow weeps;
907907Advice is sporting while infection breeds.
908908Thou grant'st no time for charitable deeds.
909909Wrath, envy, treason, rape, and murder's rages,
910910Thy heinous hours wait on them as their pages."