Twice told the period spent on stubborn Troy,
Court favour, yet untaken, I besiege;
Ambition’s ill-judged effort to be rich.
Alas! ambition makes my little less;
Embittering the possess’d: Why wish for more? 70
Wishing, of all employments, is the worst;
Philosophy’s reverse; and health’s decay!
Were I as plump as stall’d theology,
Wishing would waste me to this shade again.
Were I as wealthy as a South Sea dream,