 | Poems on several occasions |  |
102
To Mr. T. D.
[When one intends]
Dear Tom,
When one intends
Firm love to friends,
He'll shun all vain addressing,
And let truth shine,
Which, like good wine,
Will render it refreshing.
Firm love to friends,
He'll shun all vain addressing,
And let truth shine,
Which, like good wine,
Will render it refreshing.
For can you view
Th'ills that accrue,
Where shoals of flatt'rers rise;
Or aim to find
Th'untainted mind,
While all th'infection prize.
Th'ills that accrue,
Where shoals of flatt'rers rise;
Or aim to find
Th'untainted mind,
While all th'infection prize.
103
Yet tho' plain truth
Is styl'd uncouth,
Had Kings a downright letter;
To know how stood
Their flesh and blood,
Friend Tom we should live better.
Is styl'd uncouth,
Had Kings a downright letter;
To know how stood
Their flesh and blood,
Friend Tom we should live better.
But leaving state
To better pate,
Let's view the wedding morning;
When D. was blest,
And Poll at rest,
How pleasant the adorning!
To better pate,
Let's view the wedding morning;
When D. was blest,
And Poll at rest,
How pleasant the adorning!
No grief or care
That day were there,
They were revers'd for other:
But yet I wish
Such bitter dish
May ne'er come to my brother.
That day were there,
They were revers'd for other:
But yet I wish
Such bitter dish
May ne'er come to my brother.
104
Excepting ease
From thee erase
The goodness of thy God;
Then may thy heart
Light taste the smart
Of his avenging rod.
From thee erase
The goodness of thy God;
Then may thy heart
Light taste the smart
Of his avenging rod.
Like Jack and Sue
May you be true,
And bear each other's failing;
And shun the road,
Too much the mode
In marriage, strife and railing.
May you be true,
And bear each other's failing;
And shun the road,
Too much the mode
In marriage, strife and railing.
| Poems on several occasions | |