Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By George Herbert (15931633)From The Church Porch: Wealth
BE thrifty, but not covetous: therefore give | |
Thy need, thine honour, and thy friend his due. | |
Never was scraper brave man. Get to live; | |
Then live and use it: else it is not true | |
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone | 5 |
Makes money not a contemptible stone. | |
What skills it, if a bag of stones or gold | |
About thy neck do drown thee? raise thy head. | |
Take stars for money: stars not to be told | |
By any art, yet to be purchased. | 10 |
None is so wasteful as the scraping dame. | |
She loseth three for one; her soul, rest, fame. | |