Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all.

The flying Rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any Tale was sooner heard than told; And all who told it, added something new, And all who heard it, made En…

Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.