What cant, oh, what hypocrisy Is centred in this life of man! Self-preservation is his God, And has been, since his life began. He sits to breakfast with no care Of others that have none; He keeps more idle rooms than two, While @3families@1 live in one; He saves his gold, and yet he sees Others without a penny; He hoards his clothes, and knows full well Of children without any. He makes his own sweet life secure, And then -- to crown all this -- Insults a God by thinking he'll Get everlasting bliss! |