To soothe his woes withal, was slain, the sinner!

Because he could no more digest his dinner;—[JC][500]

XXXIV.

Oh ye! or we! or he! or she! reflect,

That one life saved, especially if young

Or pretty, is a thing to recollect

Far sweeter than the greenest laurels sprung

From the manure of human clay, though decked

With all the praises ever said or sung:

Though hymned by every harp, unless within