Poems on several occasions By H. Carey. The Third Edition, much enlarged |
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Harry Carey's General Reply, to the Libelling Gentry, who are angry at his Welfare. |
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Harry Carey's General Reply, to the Libelling Gentry, who are angry at his Welfare.
Quod me Roma legit, rumpitur invidia
Rumpitur invidia, quod sum Jucundus Amicis,
Rumpitur invidia, quod amamur, quodque probamur;
Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur Invidia.
Mart. Lib. IX.
Rumpitur invidia, quod sum Jucundus Amicis,
Rumpitur invidia, quod amamur, quodque probamur;
Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur Invidia.
Mart. Lib. IX.
With an honest old Friend, and a merry old Song,
And a Flask of Old Port, let me sit the Night long:
And laugh at the Malice of those who repine,
That they must swig Porter, while I can drink Wine.
And a Flask of Old Port, let me sit the Night long:
And laugh at the Malice of those who repine,
That they must swig Porter, while I can drink Wine.
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I envy no Mortal tho' ever so great,
Nor scorn I a Wretch for his lowly Estate:
But what I abhor, and esteem as a Curse,
Is poorness of Spirit, not poorness in Purse.
Nor scorn I a Wretch for his lowly Estate:
But what I abhor, and esteem as a Curse,
Is poorness of Spirit, not poorness in Purse.
Then dare to be Generous, Dauntless and Gay,
Let's merrily pass Life's Remainder away:
Upheld by our Friends, we our Foes may despise,
For the more we are envy'd, the higher we rise.
Let's merrily pass Life's Remainder away:
Upheld by our Friends, we our Foes may despise,
For the more we are envy'd, the higher we rise.
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