...name, The young Enthusiast quits his Ease for Fame ; Through all his Veins the Fever of Renown Spreads from the strong Contagion of the Gown ; O'er Bodley's...Throne of Truth ! Yet should thy Soul indulge the gen'rous Heat, Till captive Science yields her last Retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest...

...to introduce a perspective on his own perspective. The Oxford entrant discovers his goals above him: "O'er Bodley's Dome his future Labours spread, / And Bacon's Mansion trembles o'er his Head" (VHW 139-40). The ascent is difficult and arduous, fraught with the temptations of "Kindness," "Praise,"...