Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
ADVICE TO THE MISER. |
Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||
ADVICE TO THE MISER.
I
Go, you, with all your load of pelf,Sufficient to enrich a score!
Yet all absorpt in avarice' self,
Shrink at the chance of gaining more.
II
Go, graceless wretch, and pine away,Amidst the store that Fate has given;
Lay up against the rainy day,
That shuts your bags and you from heav'n!
III
When you, no more by avarice stung,Shall for the want of aught complain;
Save for the drop to cool your tongue,
And this, observe, you'll ask in vain!
Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||