Poems with rhymes of misapplied

Of energies misapplied --
Old Bob was out of the "swagman's yard"
And over the Great Divide.

Ah, much deluded! lay aside
Thy threats and anger misapplied.

Are but talents misapplied;
Infants' prattle I delight in,
Nothing human choose beside.

We saw his great powers misapplied
To poor ambitions; yet, through all,
We saw him take the weaker side,

So rare, so lovely!--Never misapplied
By her to palliate Vice, or deck a Wrong,
She speaks and reasons but on Virtue's side.

Such is the fate of talents misapplied;
So liv'd your prototype; and so he died.