English poem
The Old Bachelor
by William Congreve (1670–1729)
Quem tulit ad scenam ventoso Gloria curru, Exanimat lentus spectator; sedulus inflat: Sic leve, sic parvum est, animum quod laudis avarum Subruit, aut reficit.
Horat. Epist. i. lib. ii.
Versos English William Congreve The Old Bachelor