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