VII.

Why call the miser miserable? as

I said before: the frugal life is his,

Which in a saint or cynic ever was

The theme of praise: a hermit would not miss

Canonization for the self-same cause,

And wherefore blame gaunt Wealth's austerities?

Because, you 'll say, nought calls for such a trial;—

Then there's more merit in his self-denial.

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