Why envy when the whole that they possess
Has not distilled a drop of happiness!
Or one may stumble by, diseased and old,
With scarce a rag to shield him from the cold;
The good-man helps; he pities; does not grieve;
Is grateful he can give, need not receive.
Statesmen will strive, he counts his orchard’s yield,
And reaps his harvest from the willing field.
A realm may fall, loud lawyers rule the Court,
Heirships be changed by some forgot report,