That you or I concern of Ours can call;
Now for my Friend! ’Tis thirty years at least
Since he began adventuring in the East;
And, after labouring much with much Success,
He now is worth—but think a bit and guess!
He married early, but his Wife was weak;
And his Boys died before they learn’d to speak. 20
Still he went on, though free from all the Itch
Of living grandly or of dying rich.
Parting, he said—for our Concerns in Trade