Note 51 — CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. (continued 7)

"Thou lofty mirror, Truth, let me be shown Such as I am, in body and in mind. Hair plainly red, retreating now behind; A stature tall, a stooping head and prone; A meagre body on two stilts of bone; Fair skin, blue eyes, good look, nose well design'd; A handsome mouth, teeth that are rare to find, And pale in face, more than a king on throne. "Now harsh and crabbed, mild and pleasant soon; Always irascible, no malignant foe; My head and heart and I never in tune; Sad for the most part, then in such a flow Of spirits, I feel now hero, now buffoon; Man, art thou great or vile?—die, and thou 'It know."