Fragment LXVI: A trusty partisan, faithful and bold

A trusty partisan, faithful and bold,
Is worth his weight in silver or in gold,
For times of trouble.—But the race is rare;
Steady determin’d men, ready to share
Good or ill fortune !—Such, if such there are,
Could you survey the world, and search it round,
And bring together all that could be found ;
The largest company you could enroll,
A single vessel could embark the whole!
—So few there are! the noble manly minds
Faithful and firm, the men that honour binds;
Impregnable to danger and to pain
And low seduction in the shape of gain.