It strikes our sense, and gives a constant feast:

More, we perceive by dint of thought alone;

The rich must labor to possess their own,

To feel their great abundance; and request

Their humble friends to help them to be blest;

To see their treasures, hear their glory told,

And aid the wretched impotence of gold.

But some, great souls! and touch'd with warmth divine,

Give gold a price, and teach its beams to shine.

All hoarded treasures they repute a load;