'What is wealth?' the king would say, 'Even this shall pass away'.

So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,- Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.

'Pleasure comes, but not to stay; Even this shall pass away.'

But I account it worth All pangs of fair hopes crost- All loves and honors lost,- To gain the heavens, at cost Of losing earth.