Enough for thee if thou receive

The scattered spray the billows leave.

Contempt and want the wretch await

Who slumbers in an abject state—

'Midst rushing crowds, by toil and pain

The meed of Honor we must gain;

At Honor's call, the camel hastes

Through trackless wilds and dreary wastes,

Till in the glorious race she find

The fleetest coursers left behind: