Of Hister's streams could satisfy,

Nor Lydia sate his thirst for gold;

Nor that far land where Zephyr blows,

Which looks in wonder on the gleam625

Of Tagus' golden sands.

Were all the wealth of Hebrus his;

If rich Hydaspes were his own;

If through his fields, with all its stream,

He saw the Ganges flowing: still630

For greed, base greed 'twould not suffice.