. Debita Flacco. Echoes of Ode and Epode . end Charley, that youve come into that•^ ^ fortune Which enables you to count your Million twice,The most anxious not to lecture or importune,I shall send you this one letter of advice. Said old Horace, Hoarded money has no colour,A quaint dictum which I paraphrase to you By remarking that no lot could well be dullerThan the life of an immensely wealthy screw. That Avarice has its use may be conceded, Altho writers dont admit it as a rule ;One chance Miser in a family is needed. But the Miser who succeeds one is a fool. For a period of at least three
. Debita Flacco. Echoes of Ode and Epode . end Charley, that youve come into that•^ ^ fortune Which enables you to count your Million twice,The most anxious not to lecture or importune,I shall send you this one letter of advice. Said old Horace, Hoarded money has no colour,A quaint dictum which I paraphrase to you By remarking that no lot could well be dullerThan the life of an immensely wealthy screw. That Avarice has its use may be conceded, Altho writers dont admit it as a rule ;One chance Miser in a family is needed. But the Miser who succeeds one is a fool. For a period of at least three generations Has your Uncle ^ done the business for you all; Then accept the grand result of his at once begin to furbish up the Hall. 1 Horaces friend Sallust had succeeded to his Uncle, a noted 26 Rcdditum Cyri solio PhraatcnDissidens plebi numero beatorumEximit Virtus, populumque falsisDedocet uti Vocibus, legnum ct diadema tutiiinDeferens uni propriainque lauruniQuisquis ingentes oculo irretortoSpecial acer\ 27 Dont take refuge in a pitiful autopsy,And whine, I must, I feel it in my blood ; Did a water-diet ever cure the dropsy ? Hire a forest, buy a steam yacht, raise a stud ! Show the colour of your money to your neighbours ; Be Gods almoner and herald to the poor ;Make the measure and the merit of your labours, To drive misery, say, ten miles from your door. If you follow up old Horaces direction, And will make of generosity a shall win a little kingdom of affection. Where your Uncle found a dungeon in his greed.
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