Luxury spreads its ample board before their eyes; but they are excluded from the banquet. Plenty revels over the fields; but they are starving in the midst of its abundance: the whole wilderness has blossomed into a garden; but they feel as reptiles that infest it.
ATTRIBUTION:
Washington Irving (1783–1859), U.S. author. “Traits of Indian Character,” The Sketch-Book (1819-1820).
