I am stranger alike to the fool and the sage;
And, though I'm distinguish'd in history's page,
I always am greatest alone.
"I am not in the earth, nor the sun, nor the moon:
You may search all the sky, I'm not there;
In the morning and evening, though not in the noon,
You may plainly perceive me: for, like a balloon,
I am always suspended in air.
"I am always in riches; and yet, I am told,
Wealth ne'er did my presence desire.