“The seed ye sow another reaps;
The wealth ye find another keeps;
The robes ye weave another wears;
The arms ye forge another bears.”
Song to the Men of England (1819), st. 5
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English Romantic poet 1792–1822Related quotes

“Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.”
Semper enim ex aliis alias proseminat usus.
Book I, line 90.
Astronomica

“Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.”
Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi.
Book I, section 77
De Officiis – On Duties (44 BC)
"Yes", from Naked; inspired by Molly Bloom's soliloquy in James Joyce's Ulysses (2002). Live performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htbsGpcc0Fw

Canto II, line 501
Source: Hudibras, Part II (1664)