Bear on white wings across the distant seas
The honest——” “Hold, old man, I’ll none of these;
With intrigue and deceit I would not soil
My soul, and yet I shrink from sordid toil.”
Again the old man mused in silence while
Around his mouth hovered a cynic smile,
Then answered thus: “Why, simply be a fool,
And win both fame and wealth, in spite of rule.”