POETRT. 



TO THE AUTHOR OF THE VERSES TO THE DEBAUCHEE, 



For the Bee, 



1 HERE most humbly beg and crave 



To differ, Sir, from you, 

 Altho' your \erses, sweet and grave, 



Are partly very true : 

 But wine has ever since the flooi 



Been us'd by ev'ry nation, 

 And surely is a cordial good, 



When us'd in moderation. 



King Solomon, a m»n of lore, 



Who ev'ry thing did try, 

 And searched wisdom o'er and o'er. 



Said all was vanity; 

 And nothing better was on earth, 



When men had cafh to spart. 

 Than eat and drink in jovial mirtii, 



And banifh .grief and care. 



Since here is blefsings great in store, 



'Twere sinful to refuse 

 What heav'n had sent, altho' much more 



These blelsings to abuse : 

 We may enjoy the sweets of life, 



White'er to us is given, 

 A friend, a bottle, or a wife. 



Without oftendins heavtu. 

 fiar.h of Clyde, J. H---. 



Aug. X9. 179/. 



AN ADVICE TO MARRIED LADIE.S. 

 •Be this, ye fair, your rule, this maxim prize, 

 Ye who are leagued in ch.iste connubial tiesj 

 T'h' ik, if your hulbands act a wayward part, 

 'Tis •'iild,persues'!-ve sifirtcf! gains the heart. 



Mjo, proud by nature, conscious of his sway, 

 Tiie loud, tyrannic scold scorns to obey ; 

 That gentle swectnefs, which at first did charm. 

 Must still con^pire all sourncfs to d'sarm. 

 To mDuld these pifsions, where his weakjiefi lies. 

 Ye fair ! the day's your own were ye but wise. 



Thus hive I often seen a mule refuse 

 T'ob^y hii driver, tho* the whip he'd use, 



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