My want no poorer than thy rich estate.

Our ends and births alike, in this as I,

Poor thou wert born, and poor again shalt die.

My little fills my little-wishing mind,

Thou having more than much, yet seekest more;

Who seeks, still wishes what he seeks to find;

Who wishes, wants; and whoso wants, is poor:

Then this must follow of necessity,

Poor are thy riches, rich my poverty.

Though still thou gett’st, yet is thy want not spent,