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Title: Characters from Life
or Moral Hints. In Verse

Author: James Parkerson

Release Date: May 6, 2010 [eBook #32277]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

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Transcribed from the early 1800's edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library,
UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was
made.

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CHARACTERS FROM
LIFE;

OR,

MORAL HINTS.

_IN VERSE_.

Viz.

Admonitions to the Dissipated An address to a Man of the World
On Viewing the Cattle Market Serious Reflections
Lion and Orange Grove An address to Calista.
The Convict's Farewell

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BY J. PARKERSON, JUN.

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WALKER, PRINTER, NEAR THE DUKE'S PALACE.

ADMONITIONS
TO THE
DISSIPATED.

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Excess to mankind oft'times brings,
Remorse with all its bitter stings;
When cares oppress us in this life.
At times we drink to banish strife;
But when its feeble aid is o'er,
We are more wretched then before.
Oft poverty the man disgrace,
And shows a drunkard in his face;
Suppose he is a man of wealth,
Excess of liquor injures health;
Not only health but sad to name,
Such characters the sober blame.
The artful villain tries his skill,
When Bacchus gains us to his will;
At such unguarded times disclose,
What makes our valued friends our foes;
And many an injured wife declares
That Bacchus cause her many tears.
The husband oft to harlots stray,
Whene'er he bears a sovereign's sway;
And by his aid