He Tried The Luxury Of Doing Good.

Lo! The Poor Toper Whose Untutored Sense, Sees Bliss In Ale, And Can With Wine Dispense; Whose Head Proud Fancy Never Taught To Steer, Beyond The Muddy Ecstasies Of Beer.

In This Wild World The Fondest And The Best Are The Most Tried, Most Troubled And Distress'd.

The Wife Was Pretty, Trifling, Childish, Weak; She Could Not Think, But Would Not Cease To Speak.

Anger Makes Us Strong, Blind And Impatient, And It Leads Us Wrong; The Strength Is Quickly Lost; We Feel The Error Long.

Secrets With Girls, Like Guns With Boys, Are Never Valued Till They Make A Noise.