ART thou some individual of a kind Long-lived by nature as the rook or hind? Heap treasure, then; for if thy need be such, Thou hast excuse, and scarce canst heap too much. But man thou seem'st: clear therefore from thy breast This lust of treasure--folly at the best! For why shouldst thou go wasted to the tomb, To fatten with thy spoils thou know'st not whom? |