XV.

And those who husbanded the Golden grain, And those who flung it to the winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.

The inspiration for this quatrain comes from O. 68.

Ere that fate makes an attack upon thy head Give orders that they bring thee rose-coloured wine; Thou art not treasure, O heedless dunce! that thee They hide in the earth and then dig up again.[39]

_Ref._: O. 68, C. 151, L. 277, B. 273, S.P. 156, P. 336, P. v. 11.--W. 175, N. 156, E.C. 31, V. 281.