1. Leave him be, the youth is not at fault
In his folly, though his cheek be flecked with grey,

2. And virtue guards the noble from concealing
Their failings, though the foolish disobey,

3. Ignorance refuses to take as kin
One sixty years his elder and his mate.

4. In his folly, though his cheek be flecked with grey,
And virtue guards the noble from concealing

5. Their failings, though the foolish disobey,
Ignorance refuses to take as kin

6. One sixty years his elder and his mate.