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12.
With learning daily I am conversant,
And scan the wisdom of the wisest man ;
With force I pierce the strongest argument,
Yet know no more than it had never been.
13.
Full rich am I, yet care not who
Doth take away from me my wealth ;
Be it by fraud, I will not see,
Nor prosecute, although by stealth.
14.
I’m dragg’d along thro’ dirt and mire,
O’er cragged stones and hills about
And yet I neither faint nor tire,
But rather weary those that do’t.
15.
I’m seen at your dinner ; if I were not here,
But mainly provided your board would appear ;
You seldom invite me to coffea or tea,
But never, I’m sure, take your vine without me.
