A book for boys and girls or, Country Rhimes for Children. By J. B. [John Bunyan] |
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XLVII. Upon the Boy and his Paper of Plumbs.
VVhat hast thou there, my pretty Boy?
Plumbs? How? Yes, Sir, a Paper full.
I thought 'twas so, because with Joy
Thou didst them out thy Paper pull.
Plumbs? How? Yes, Sir, a Paper full.
I thought 'twas so, because with Joy
Thou didst them out thy Paper pull.
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The Boy goes from me, eats his Plumbs,
Which he counts better of than Bread:
But by and by he to me comes,
With nought but Paper and the Thread.
Which he counts better of than Bread:
But by and by he to me comes,
With nought but Paper and the Thread.
Comparison.
This Boy an Emblem is of such,
Whose Lot in worldly things doth lie:
Glory they in them ne'er so much,
Their pleasant Springs will soon be dry.
Whose Lot in worldly things doth lie:
Glory they in them ne'er so much,
Their pleasant Springs will soon be dry.
Their Wealth, their Health, Honours and Life,
Will quickly to a period come;
If for these, is their only Strife,
They soon will not be worth a Plumb.
Will quickly to a period come;
If for these, is their only Strife,
They soon will not be worth a Plumb.
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