He of the cause that made him poor is proud;
Proud of his greatness, of the sums he spent,
And honours shown him wheresoe’er he went.
Yes! there he walks, that lofty man is he,
Who was so rich; but great he could not be. 120
Now to the paupers who about him stand
He tells of wonders, by his bounty plann’d;
Tells of his traffic, where his vessels sail’d,
And what a trade he drove—before he fail’d;
Then what a failure, not a paltry sum,