Ecclesiastes 4:16

Verse Ecclesiastes 4:16. There is no end of all the people] This is supposed to refer to the multitudes of people who hail the advent and accession of a new sovereign; for, as Suetonius remarks, A plerisque adorari solem orientem, "Most people adore the rising sun." But when the new king becomes old, very few regard him; and perhaps he lives long enough to be as much despised by the very persons who before were ready to worship him. This is also a miserable vanity. Thus the blooming heir -

"Shall feel the sad reverse: honoured awhile;

Then, like his sire, contemn'd, abhorr'd, forgot."

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