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    414 A Poor Autkbr to his * H # n ± 6 ui Purse .

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    A POOR AUTHOR TO HIS WORN-OUT PURSE :

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    Upon this dull and rainy day Before my view thy web I lay . And many thoughts and feelings stray O ' er memory ' s eye ; Once thou with shining cash wert filTd , And I could ramble where I will'd , But now thou ' rt empty I ' m be-quill'd In attic high !

    Once , too , thy soft and silken string * Were gaudy as a May-moth ' s wings , Of web-like brown and golden rings A woven maze ; Well bclly'd out with glittering cash Which oft a lightning glance would flash , Like beauty whisking past the sash Where lovers gaze I

    Then wert thou solace of the cares Which e ' en will spring before grey hain , And my young heart burst sorrow ' s snares , For thou did ' st tempt me : But now thou ' rt on the table laid , Descended to the lowest grade , All dirty , greasy , torn , and fray ' cJ , Light , lank , and empty !

    Oh would to Heav ' n I were light-hearted As thou now all thy seams have started , Since from thy burthen * tliou hast parted !—• Thou seenVst to laugh Thou ragged rogue , upon my passion I Thou hast no bowels of compassion , Nor for my sorrow car * * t a ration Or pinch of chaff !

    I picture days which arc no more , When health was strong and gold galore , And books or study quite a bore , Engend ' ring bile ; Then look on thee , poor seedy purse , Thou emblem of a thread-bare curse , Of gambling , » puoging . hou » e , or worse , Aud bigh the while .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/26/