“Not so,” said Daniel, “perfectly I know,
He’s the most interest who has most to show.”
“True! and he’ll show the more the more he lends;
Thus he his weight and consequence extends;
For they who borrow must restore each sum,
And pay for use. What, Daniel, art thou dumb?”
For much amazed was that good man. - “Indeed!”
Said he with gladd’ning eye, “will money breed?
How have I lived ? I grieve, with all my heart,
For my late knowledge in this precious art: -