THE MISER.
"To be frugal is wise;" and this lesson of truth
Should ever be preach'd in the ears of youth.
The young must be curb'd in their spendthrift haste;
Lest meagre Want should follow on Waste:
But to see the hand that is wither'd and old
So eagerly clutch at the shining gold—
Oh! can it be good that a man should crave
The dross of the world—so nigh his grave?
Should ever be preach'd in the ears of youth.
The young must be curb'd in their spendthrift haste;
Lest meagre Want should follow on Waste:
But to see the hand that is wither'd and old
So eagerly clutch at the shining gold—
Oh! can it be good that a man should crave
The dross of the world—so nigh his grave?
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