When first the college rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame; Through all his veins the fever of renown Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;
ATTRIBUTION:
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British writer. The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated (l. 135–138). . .
The Complete English Poems [Samuel Johnson]. J. D. Fleeman, ed. (1971) Penguin Books.
