What their verdict ought to be,
And they brought it in a felo-de-se,
Because her own leg had killed her!
And here follows what the poet designates “Her Moral:”—
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold,
Molten, graven, hammered and rolled,
Heavy to get, and light to hold,
Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled: