Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]

No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.