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 vanquished by the worm! 'Behold what deeds of woe the locust can perform!