XXX.
Why this dull haste, this sordid waste
Of youth and manhood’s fullest powers?
To amass riches for your heirs
The highest interests seem low,
And no man’s pelf does command health,
Nor can it hold friendship or love.
Why this dull haste, this sordid waste
Of youth and manhood’s fullest powers?
To amass riches for your heirs
The highest interests seem low,
And no man’s pelf does command health,
Nor can it hold friendship or love.