“[We’re] rich,” quoth James; “but if we thus proceed,
And give to all, we shall be poor indeed:
In war we subsidise the world—in peace
We christianise—our bounties never cease;
We learn each stranger’s tongue, that they with ease 150
May read translated Scriptures, if they please;
We buy them presses, print them books, and then
Pay and export poor learned, pious men;
Vainly we strive a fortune now to get,
So tax’d by private claims, and public debt.”