These, brethren-like, I charge you, take by shares,
And also all the rest, to which you may be heirs.
Moreover, you will find, in heaps piled fair,—
Proofs of successful toil to build a name,—
A thousand wings and legs of birds picked bare,
And cloaks of quadrupeds, both wild and tame,
All which your father had collected there,
To serve as trophies of an honest fame;—
These keep, and count them better than all prey;
Nor give them, e’en for ease, or sleep, or life, away.[826]