If faithfully you should perform
This task, ’twould teach you to repair
Lost hours, by giving unto dress
Not more of time than its due share.
A BALLAD:
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH
AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH
NOBLE’S PALACE AND A POOR
WORKHOUSE
To the tune of the
“Old and Young Courtier.”
XIV
In a costly palace Youth goes clad in gold;
In a wretched workhouse Age’s limbs are cold: