Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Every day brings his bread with it.

Every day brings his bread with it.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

My poverty, but not my will consents.

My poverty, but not my will consents.