XXXVIII + 

Once more to idleness consigned, + 

He felt the laudable desire + 

From mere vacuity of mind + 

The wit of others to acquire. + 

A case of books he doth obtain⁠— + 

He reads at random, reads in vain. + 

This nonsense, that dishonest seems, + 

This wicked, that absurd he deems, + 

All are constrained and fetters bear, + 

Antiquity no pleasure gave, + 

The moderns of the ancients rave⁠— + 

Books he abandoned like the fair, + 

His book-shelf instantly doth drape + 

With taffety instead of crape. + 