Who goes for many gets but very few;

Who travels zigzag makes full many a cross,

And rolling stones ne’er gather any moss;

The explanation of which word is funny:

In common Yiddish Hebrew, moss means money,

And stones are men—take Peter for a sample—

Excuse me, friends, I know of an example

Of a loose fish who changed about so long

He first became a byword, then a song,

Which I will sing you though it is distressin’,