Poems on several subjects | ||
To my young Reader.
Dear child, in this composure, see
Brave men are mentioned,
Men of the most antiquity,
Most fam'd and honoured:
Brave men are mentioned,
Men of the most antiquity,
Most fam'd and honoured:
Here you for imitation have
Men of the best renown
For valiant hearts, and actions brave,
That ever yet were known:
Men of the best renown
For valiant hearts, and actions brave,
That ever yet were known:
Here's true diverting stories told,
Such like were never found
Among romances, new nor old,
In all the world around.
Such like were never found
Among romances, new nor old,
In all the world around.
And art thou piously inclin'd?
Here many patterns be
That on religion set their mind,
When but as young as thee.
Here many patterns be
That on religion set their mind,
When but as young as thee.
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Would'st thou to wealth and honour climb?
Then fear thou the Most High;
Be good like David, and like him
God will thee magnify.
Then fear thou the Most High;
Be good like David, and like him
God will thee magnify.
Wouldst thou escape that dreadful fate
The wicked must befal!
Upon religious duties wait,
And trust to God your all.
The wicked must befal!
Upon religious duties wait,
And trust to God your all.
On whatsoe'er thy mind shall turn,
Respecting bus'ness here,
If thou thy station wouldst adorn,
First learn thy God to fear:
Respecting bus'ness here,
If thou thy station wouldst adorn,
First learn thy God to fear:
Then shalt thou prosper in thy way,
And all thou tak'st in hand;
While wicked men shall all decay
Around thee in the land.
And all thou tak'st in hand;
While wicked men shall all decay
Around thee in the land.
Peruse this little book, wherein
You various things will see,
That may divert thy mind from sin,
And be of use to thee.
You various things will see,
That may divert thy mind from sin,
And be of use to thee.
ALEX. NICOL.
Poems on several subjects | ||