Remember, then, what when a boy I’ve heard my Grandma’ tell,
“Be warn’d in time by others’ harm, and you shall do full well!”
Don’t link yourself with vulgar folks, who’ve got no fixed abode,
Tell lies, use naughty words, and say “they wish they may be blow’d!”
Don’t take too much of double X!—and don’t at night go out
To fetch your beer yourself, but make the pot-boy bring your stout!
And when you go to Margate next, just stop, and ring the bell,
Give my respects to Mrs. Jones, and say I’m pretty well!
R. H. Barham.