Versos English Mathew Carey Fasting

English poem

Fasting

by (1760–1839)

Listen in the reader

The miser fasts, because he will not eat; The poor man fasts, because he has no meat; The rich man fasts, with greedy mind to spare; The glutton fasts, to eat the greater share, The hypocrite, he fasts, to seem more holy; The righteous man, to punish sin and folly.