The Useless Man

     I think the poem was mainly putting this verse from the bible into its own words. Yet the poem went into deeper detail. Obviously it was referring to the meaning of the parable. The parable was about how men with more money generally get more money because they invest and work with it. Now the poor man just ran and burred it in order to save the money. So while the other men were using there money to make more the other man was just literally sitting on it. In the poem it states that "God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts: who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait." In other words God doesn't need our money or gifts. He needs our minds to serve him just like the smarter workers used there minds to make there master richer and the other man was so close minded that he ended up getting fired.