THE
PSONGS
OF
NICHOLAS THE SENIOR
Riches make an ugly woman beautiful
Psong 13
fHow have I failed you, O Money? Why am I broke and cast out of my apartment?
2Don’t you remember all the nice things I have said about you: How I have scorned the praise of men to be your faithful servant?
3And yet, when I returned from the track, my furniture was in the street; the locks had all been changed, and my glandlord’s face shone with the kind of great joy that only comes from seeing another man’s life in ruins.
4hIs this the way that my devotion is repaid? How have I offended you, so that I must be tormented by the sight of so many others jingling your blessings in their pockets?
5iIs there something I don’t understand yet? Please tell me what it is, O Money, because I will do anything for you.
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