Against a youth so vicious and undone

All hearts were closed, and every door but one:

The players received him; they with open heart

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Gave him his portion and assign'd his part;

And ere three days were added to his life,

He found a home, a duty, and a wife.

His present friends, though they were nothing nice,

Nor ask'd how vicious he, or what his vice,

Still they expected he should now attend