Occasion'd by the Sight of a Picture

Such were the lively eyes and rosy hue
Of Robin's face when first I Robin knew,
The gay Companion and the favourite Guest,
Lov'd without awe and without veiws carress'd.
This chearfull Smile and open honest Look
Added new Graces to the sense he spoke,
Then every man found something to Commend,
The pleasant Neighbour and the worthy freind,
The Generous Master of a private house,
The tender Father and th'Indulgent Spouse.
The hardest censurers, at the worst beleiv'd
A [ sic ] temper was too easily deceiv'd
(A consequential ill good nature draws,
A bad Effect but from a noble Cause).
Whence then these clamours of the Judging croud,
Suspicious, gripeing, Insolently proud,
Rapacious, cruel, violent, unjust,
False to his freind and Traitor to his trust?
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