XI.

"Vain man! is grandeur given to gay attire? Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid: To friends, attendants, armies, bought with hire? It is thy weakness that requires their aid: To palaces, with gold and gems inlaid? They fear the thief and tremble in the storm: To hosts, through carnage who to conquest wade? Behold the victor vanquish'd by the worm! Behold, what deeds of woe the locust can perform!