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Anacreontic poems, on religious, moral, and pastoral subjects
Anacreontic poems on religious moral and pastoral subjects Author:John Wright Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: When books are good, to these attend, Let reason thus dictate ; By morals now we hope to mend, Through grace, our future state. In love let us do what ... more »we can, And so assist each other; Thus act the part so worthy man, The kindness of a brother. If we do wish to happy be, When this short life shall end ; The Scriptures thus with me agree, Our ways we here must mend. A FRIEND'S ADVICE, AND THE ADVISED'S RETORT. I would advise you not to study, Take care of sense you have ; Your head will thus be always muddy, Your family will starve. Work now by day with both your hands, And let your head alone ; 'Tis this I'm sure true wealth commands, And rest from night to mom. Thereby refresh'd to start again, Pray use these means for bread; Good health, and strength will you maintain, And clearness of the head. I know by practice this is right, To study much is wrong; I'll labour hard with all my might, And you may sing the song. Thank you, kind sir, last line I'll take, And spend my time in muse; I think there's of it bread to make, And not myself abuse. If I can do my neighbours good, And do myself no ill; Firm to the same if I have stood, Continue it, I will. Would you have me my talent hide, Deep sunk in native earth ? And not for future now provide, But bury all I'm worth. If every one but work with hands, Nor exercise the head ; All would be fast, as thief in bands, The mind be never fed. Perhaps you say, well now and then, A little for the mind ; Pray tell me how, and where, and when, The writers you will find. Had none engaged to scribe at all, You'd then have nought to read ; Your shares of learning would be small, On which your minds to feed. The studious then do...« less