Don’t refuse a good offer, but think ere you let a
Chance like that slip away, that you mayn’t get a better.
One more hint and I’ve done—
If by pistol or gun
It should e’er be your lot
(Which I hope it may not),
In a row to get shot,
And the doctor’s assistance should all prove in vain,
“When you give up the ghost, don’t resume it again.”
If you do choose to “walk” and revisit this earth