He lives alone, contracts a sordid air,

And sees with sullen grief the cheerful pair; 370

Feels a keen pang, as he beholds the door

Where peace abides, and mutters—“I am poor!

TALE XXII.
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.

I.

P. What I have ask’d are questions that relate

To those once known, that I might learn their fate.

But there was One, whom though I scarcely knew,

Much do I wish to learn his fortunes too.