Versos English John Godfrey Saxe I Moral

English poem

Moral

by (1816–1887)

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Because you flourish in worldly affairs, Don't be haughty, and put on airs, With insolent pride of station! Don't be proud, and turn up your nose At poorer people in plainer clo'es, But learn, for the sake of your soul's repose, That wealth's a bubble, that comes—and goes! And that all Proud Flesh, wherever it grows, Is subject to irritation!