Lxv. Goodness Consists Neither In Being Rich Nor Eloquent Poem by Ellis Walker

If I should boast I wealthier am than you,
It follows not that I am better too;
If I should say, I'm the more florid man,
It follows not, I therefore better am.
It rather follows, I am richer far,
Therefore my well-fill'd bags the better are:
My tongue is better hung, my phrase more neat,
Therefore my language is the more compleat,
Your bags and fluent speech have some pretence
To being better, to more excellence,
But you are neither wealth, nor eloquence.