A piano, horse, railway shares,

A cellar of wine, new or old,

A house, and the clothes that he wears.

Everything he may sell, or may buy,

That is purchased by wealth or by toil;

But he mustn't own—no matter why—

A single square yard of the soil.

He this who from Hodge, its true owner, perverts,

Is a brigand, and merits a brigand's deserts!

This park that around you you see,