He thinks the charm consists in dress,

Pomatum, powder, linens white,

Wash-balls, perfumes, and mirrors bright.

The Miser hopes his joys to hold,

Fast lock’d within his bags of gold:

Thieves, moth and rust, corrupt his rest;

May all his sorrows be your jest.

The plodding sage long years has spent

In searching for the gem content,

Which often does, I know not why,