It does not change the matter in the end;
Meanness and Pride may climb the highest hill,
But Pride and meanness they continue still.
Since Life's a game where all their part must play,
Reason and Truth should in it have the sway,
Or wanting these, as is too oft the case,
Folly and Passion will usurp their place.
When this weak body dwindles into dust,
And man becomes the nothing that he must,
How puny then will to the soul appear