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We prefer , hoAvever , to let the able and anonymous versifier speak for himself : — When joint-stock companies for trade The promise of large fortunes made , Enormous profits , mighty gains , Without the help of hands or brains , — liiches that certain Avere to find you
If you held your hands behind you , SAvallowing their reports ancl lies With open mouth ancl fast-clos'd eyes , Content in a fool ' s paradise ; Blindly trusting to the snares Of cunning clerks and secretaires
, Who hook you Avith a tempting scheme , 'Then play you up and doAvn the stream Of your OAAn fancies , —meainvhile you Make them rare sport , and profit too .
. then rich ancl poor , and young ancl old , Battled the dice ancl threAV for gold—Gold , the fool's Avisdom , that can make The fool high Avorklly honours take ; Dishonours honour , and the boast Of infamy , Avhen fame is lost ; Lost virtue's solace , panders pride ; Balm of hurt minds aud sore-bnus ' c ! hide;—"Who shall its force on man decide 1
If such is the statement of facts as they are , IIOAV Avise is the advice here g iven ?—" Pause , pause , my child , before you take A leap into the dark , and stake Your happiness and fortune in A lottery , Avhere few can win . I knoAVfalse Hope Avill say that you
, May be among the lucky feAV . But trust not to the cheating jade , She is the shadow of a shade , And never gives substantial aid . She shows our Avishes in a glass , They seem as durable as brass
Beilectecl in a thousand Avays , That seem more real the more Ave gaze : Fast fleeting forms that have the power To Avile us on , from hour to hour , Through a long Aveary baffled chase , To leave us in the close embrace Of disappointment , and she soon Shatters the glass , and all is gloom . "
HOAV true is Avhat follows !—It matters not to trace the Avay , — Tt is a thing seen every day That Avhen a man has money gained , Though every piece be dyed and stained
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review.
We prefer , hoAvever , to let the able and anonymous versifier speak for himself : — When joint-stock companies for trade The promise of large fortunes made , Enormous profits , mighty gains , Without the help of hands or brains , — liiches that certain Avere to find you
If you held your hands behind you , SAvallowing their reports ancl lies With open mouth ancl fast-clos'd eyes , Content in a fool ' s paradise ; Blindly trusting to the snares Of cunning clerks and secretaires
, Who hook you Avith a tempting scheme , 'Then play you up and doAvn the stream Of your OAAn fancies , —meainvhile you Make them rare sport , and profit too .
. then rich ancl poor , and young ancl old , Battled the dice ancl threAV for gold—Gold , the fool's Avisdom , that can make The fool high Avorklly honours take ; Dishonours honour , and the boast Of infamy , Avhen fame is lost ; Lost virtue's solace , panders pride ; Balm of hurt minds aud sore-bnus ' c ! hide;—"Who shall its force on man decide 1
If such is the statement of facts as they are , IIOAV Avise is the advice here g iven ?—" Pause , pause , my child , before you take A leap into the dark , and stake Your happiness and fortune in A lottery , Avhere few can win . I knoAVfalse Hope Avill say that you
, May be among the lucky feAV . But trust not to the cheating jade , She is the shadow of a shade , And never gives substantial aid . She shows our Avishes in a glass , They seem as durable as brass
Beilectecl in a thousand Avays , That seem more real the more Ave gaze : Fast fleeting forms that have the power To Avile us on , from hour to hour , Through a long Aveary baffled chase , To leave us in the close embrace Of disappointment , and she soon Shatters the glass , and all is gloom . "
HOAV true is Avhat follows !—It matters not to trace the Avay , — Tt is a thing seen every day That Avhen a man has money gained , Though every piece be dyed and stained