XI + 

But sad is the reflection made, + 

In vain was youth by us received, + 

That we her constantly betrayed + 

And she at last hath us deceived; + 

That our desires which noblest seemed, + 

The purest of the dreams we dreamed, + 

Have one by one all withered grown + 

Like rotten leaves by Autumn strown⁠— + 

’Tis fearful to anticipate + 

Nought but of dinners a long row, + 

To look on life as on a show, + 

Eternally to imitate + 

The seemly crowd, partaking nought + 

Its passions and its modes of thought. + 