}
When unemploy'd, and poor again I grew;
}
Yea! I was doubly poor, for I was wicked too.
"The mouse that trespass'd and the treasure stole,
Found his lean body fitted to the hole;
Till, having fatted, he was forced to stay,
And, fasting, starve his stolen bulk away.
Ah! worse for me—grown poor, I yet remain
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