That flows from the empoison'd Still, 'Thither the Fiend loves to repair, ' And Death, too oft, attends him there; 'Who, in his never-ceasing rounds, 'The Still-man aids as he compounds -Question the sturdy Lab'rer, why C He wears the rags of Poverty? 'By the faint, sickly infant prest, Instead, the Suckling's lip receives 'The sad Infusion which at length, ' And the poor, shrivell'd pigmy dies. ' And smooth the path to lawless love; 'That crowns Seduction's fatal hour. -' Look at a shop whose windows show, 'The pledge of many a former day, 'Does it not wound each tender sense, 'Does the fierce, clam'rous war prolong: 1 A Pawnbroker made the following reply to a Friend who expressed his surprize that he did not remove to a better Situation.-'I don't know a better: for it is within a very convenient distance from three Dram Shops.' 'While e'en from female lips proceed, 'The threat of many a bloody deed. • Thus Virtue's drown'd and Health destroy'd, 'To curb the ills that ruin both; 'The Nation's wants, and urge the STILL, 'If they protect such baneful evil, Nought will protect them from the DEVIL.' The Preacher thus his thoughts display'd: To go and toast his health-in GIN. -How oft the sons of riot find |