Art thou some individual of a kind <br />Long-lived by nature as the rook or hind? <br />Heap treasure, then, for if thy need be such, <br />Thou hast excuse, and scarce canst heap too much. <br />But man thou seem'st, clear therefore from thy breast <br />This lust of treasure -- folly at thy best! <br />For why shouldst thou go wasted to the tomb, <br />To fatten with thy spoils thou know'st not whom?<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-a-miser-3-from-the-greek/
