Would shortly prove a golden mine.

"Think not," he said, "that I am canting;

Money, my friend, is all that's wanting.

A certain sum could I command,

I soon would purchase house and land.

Ere a short time had onward run,

I would strut forth a Buck of Ton;

The world, with its dull pride, defy,

And jostle fools of quality."

Quæ Genus felt his brooding plan