在那些没有夏天的寒冷地区，在黑暗笼罩了半年的地方，当地人颤抖着去洞穴，熊在外面游荡，在雪中寻找踪迹。但当乏味的暮色渐渐消逝，星星在日头渐显苍白时，渴望的人群奔向冰封的山头，谁先看见闪烁的太阳，谁就幸福;乖戾野蛮的后代消失了，诅咒着这一年光明的继承者。然而，尽管熊在隐蔽地寻求防御，白狐却留在那里，看起来很天真;那狡猾的那种，用日光可以免除。我们仍然挤满了雷纳德的族类，忠诚的臣民几乎找不到一席之地;这样，谦虚的真理被抛在人群后面，真理说话太低，虚伪说话太大声。让他们首先奉承成功;责任可以留下来，但罪恶感必须要来。有一次，当上帝的儿子们真正满怀热情地召唤他们，要在天堂的白厅里庄严地表演时，阿谀奉承的魔鬼出现在众人中间，做了一个和最好的侍臣一样好的侍臣。 The friends of Job, who railed at him before, Came cap in hand when he had three times more. Yet late repentance may, perhaps, be true; Kings can forgive, if rebels can but sue: A tyrant's power in rigour is exprest; The father yearns in the true prince's breast. We grant, an o'ergrown Whig no grace can mend, But most are babes, that know not they offend; The crowd, to restless motion still inclined, Are clouds, that rack according to the wind. Driven by their chiefs, they storms of hailstones pour, Then mourn, and soften to a silent shower. O welcome to this much-offending land, The prince that brings forgiveness in his hand! Thus angels on glad messages appear, Their first salute commands us not to fear; Thus heaven, that could constrain us to obey, (With reverence if we might presume to say), Seems to relax the rights of sovereign sway; Permits to man the choice of good and ill, And makes us happy by our own free-will.