The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET XXXIV.
To Mr. Nathanael Mason.
Nephew, who soon design'st to pass the Sea,
To fix the basis of a useful trade;
With prosperous fortune be thy voyage made,
And safe return to home—if not to me;
To fix the basis of a useful trade;
With prosperous fortune be thy voyage made,
And safe return to home—if not to me;
Let these few precepts thy instructers be,
In distant climes thy friendless youth to aid;
Though interest, fashion, secresy persuade,
Yet keep thy morals pure, and conscience free:
In distant climes thy friendless youth to aid;
Though interest, fashion, secresy persuade,
Yet keep thy morals pure, and conscience free:
In change of Countries God's all-seeing eye
Is every where the same, Virtue and Vice
Change not their nature; therefore be thou ware,
Shun follies haunts, and vicious company,
Least from true goodness they thy steps entice,
And Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare.
Is every where the same, Virtue and Vice
Change not their nature; therefore be thou ware,
Shun follies haunts, and vicious company,
Least from true goodness they thy steps entice,
And Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare.
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