The old mans vvish Pope, Walter, d. 1714. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A55425 of text R219511 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P2914B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A55425 Wing P2914B ESTC R219511 99830978 99830978 35440 2248497508

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A55425) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 35440) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2037:7) The old mans vvish Pope, Walter, d. 1714. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Sold by N. T[hompson] at the entrance into Old Spring Garden at Charing-cross, [London] : [1684] By Walter Pope. Verse - "If I live to grow old, (for I find I go down,) let this be my fate, in a". Place and date of publication and bookseller's surname from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library. eng Songs, English -- 17th century. eebo The old mans vvish. Pope, Walter, 1684 1 374 1 0 0 60 0 0 16069.52 F The rate of 16069.52 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2003-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-10 Sampled and proofread 2003-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-12 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Old Mans WISH . IF I live to grow old , ( for I find I go down , ) let this be my Fate , in a Countery Town ; Let me have a warm House , with a Stone at the Gate , and a cleanly young Girl to rub my bald Pate ; May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway , and grow wiser and better as my Strength wears a — way , without Gout or Stone by a gentle decay , By a gen — gen-tle de-cay . 2. In a Countrey Town , by a murmuring Brook , The Ocean at distance on which I may look ; With a spacious Plain without Hedge or Stile , And an easie Pad Nag to ride out a Mile : May I govern my passio● ▪ with an absolute sway , And grow wiser and better as my strength weares away , Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle decay , &c. 3. With a Pudding on Sunday , and stout humming Liquor , And Remnants of Latine to puzzle the Vicar ; With a hidden Reserve of Burgundy Wine , To drink the Kings Health as oft as I Dine . May I govern my passion , &c. 4. With Plutarch , and Horace , and One or Two more Of the best Wits that liv'd in the Ages before . With a Dish of roast Mutton , Not Venison , nor Teal , And clean ( tho course ) Linen at every Meal ; May I govern my passion , &c. 5. With Courage Undaunted may I pass my last day , And when I am Dead , may the better sort say , In the Morning when sober , in th' Ev'ning when mellow , He 's gone , and has left not behind him his fellow . For he govern'd his passion as his strnegth did decay , And grew wiser and better as his strength wore away ; Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle decay , &c.

Sold by N. T. at the entrance into Old Spring Garden at Charing-cross .