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To N. B. an Angler.
Thou that dost cast into the Silver brook
Thy worm-fed Hook,
The greedier Fishes so to cheat
Seeking for meat;
Remember that Times wheel will bring
Thy deeds to censuring;
And then as thou through wile
Those Creatures didst beguile,
So caught thou'lt be for thy deceit,
And made the food for thine own bait.
Thy worm-fed Hook,
The greedier Fishes so to cheat
Seeking for meat;
Remember that Times wheel will bring
Thy deeds to censuring;
And then as thou through wile
Those Creatures didst beguile,
So caught thou'lt be for thy deceit,
And made the food for thine own bait.
Let this suffice to cause thee t'steer aright,
Both day and night;
That skilfully avoyding this,
That Shelf thou miss;
For 'tis not all for to repent
Thy youthfull Dayes misspent,
But care must now be had,
The future be not bad.
And as thine Audit waxeth near,
So Thy accounts make perfecter.
Both day and night;
That skilfully avoyding this,
That Shelf thou miss;
For 'tis not all for to repent
Thy youthfull Dayes misspent,
But care must now be had,
The future be not bad.
And as thine Audit waxeth near,
So Thy accounts make perfecter.
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