Name: The Bankrupt - or Advice to the Insolvent. A Poem, Addressed to a Friend, With Other Pieces
Author: James Parkerson

Literature & Fiction | Poetry

The Bankrupt - or Advice to the Insolvent. A Poem, Addressed to a Friend, With Other Pieces

By James Parkerson 5 Apr, 2019

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Excerpt......... Oft have you pray’d me, when in youth, Never to err from paths of truth; But youth to vice is much too prone, And mine by far too much, I own. Induced to riot, swear, and game, I thought in vice t’acquire a fame; But found ... Read more

Excerpt......... Oft have you pray’d me, when in youth, Never to err from paths of truth; But youth to vice is much too prone, And mine by far too much, I own. Induced to riot, swear, and game, I thought in vice t’acquire a fame; But found the pois’ning scenes of riot Soon robb’d my mind of joy and quiet. The usual course of rakes I ran, The dupe of woman and of man. Careless of fortune’s smile or frown, My desk I left t’enjoy the town, At folly dash’d in wisdom’s spite, Idled by day, revell’d by night: But short was the delusive scene, And I awoke to sorrow keen. Less

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