The London-Spy Compleat In Eighteen Parts By the Author of the Trip to Jamaica [i.e. Edward Ward] |
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[If any shall say want of Manners or Sense]
If any shall say want of Manners or Sense,
Have made me this Caution intrude;
I justly may urge, to excuse the Offence,
To be Moral is not to be Rude.
Have made me this Caution intrude;
I justly may urge, to excuse the Offence,
To be Moral is not to be Rude.
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Who ever to Popular Praises Aspire,
Must do't by much Trouble and Cost;
Tho' a very good Name is so hard to acquire,
Yet nothing's so easily Lost.
Must do't by much Trouble and Cost;
Tho' a very good Name is so hard to acquire,
Yet nothing's so easily Lost.
The Turns and the Changes of Fame and of Fate,
Is to no Mortal Power Fore-known,
May raise us to Day, by Good-means to be Great,
Yet to Morrow may tumble us down.
Is to no Mortal Power Fore-known,
May raise us to Day, by Good-means to be Great,
Yet to Morrow may tumble us down.
May therefore your Prudence and Conduct be such,
To add new Applause to your Name;
And raise such Esteem that no Envy can touch,
Or Malice deservedly Blame.
To add new Applause to your Name;
And raise such Esteem that no Envy can touch,
Or Malice deservedly Blame.
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