The old man's wish: this old man he doth wish for wealth in vain, but he doth not the treasure gain; for if with wishes he the same could have, he would not mind nor think upon the grave. To a pleasant new play-house tune. Pope, Walter, d. 1714. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06937 of text S113402 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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. 5 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 B06937 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[386] 99887856 ocm99887856 183512 2240894874

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06937) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183512) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[303]) The old man's wish: this old man he doth wish for wealth in vain, but he doth not the treasure gain; for if with wishes he the same could have, he would not mind nor think upon the grave. To a pleasant new play-house tune. Pope, Walter, d. 1714. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed by W.O. for B. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street., [London] : [between 1682-1700?] Attributed to Walter Pope by Wing. Verse: "If I live to grow old ..." Date of publication suggested by dates of other editions. Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The old man's wish: this old man he doth wish for wealth in vain, but he doth not the treasure gain; for if with wishes he the same could have, he wou Pope, Walter, d. 1714. 1700 1 637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Old Man's Wish : This Old Man he doth wish for Wealth in vain , But he doth not the Treasure gain ; For if with Wishes he the same could have , He would not mind nor think upon the Grave . To a pleasant New Play-house Tune .

IF I live to grow Old , ( for I find I go down ) Let this be my Fate in a Country 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 away ; Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle Decay . In a Country 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-nagg to ride out a Mile : May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway , To grow wiser and better , as my Strength wears away ; Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle Decay . 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 King's Health as oft as I dine : May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway , And grow wiser and better , as my Strength wears away ; Without Gout or Slone , by a gentle Decay . 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' coarse ) Linnen at every Meal ; May I govern my Passion , &c. And if I should have Guest , I must add to my Wish , On Frydays a Mess of good buttered Fish ; For full well I do know , and the Truth I reveal , I had better do so , than come short of a Meal : May I govern my Passion , &c. With Breeches and Ierkin of good Country Gray , And live without Working , now my Strength doth decay : With a Hogs-head of Sherry , for to drink when I please , With Friends to be merry , and to live at my ease ; May I govern my Passion , &c. Without Molestation may I spend my last Days , In sweet Recreation , and sound forth the Praise Of all those that are true to the King and his Laws , Since it be their due , they shall have my Applause : May I govern my Passion , &c. With a Country Scribe for to write my last Will , But not of the Tribe that in chousing have Skill : For my easie Pad-nagg , I 'll bequeath to Don John , For he 's an arch Wag , and a jolly old Man : May I govern my Passion , &c. With Courage undaunted may I face my last Day ; And when I am dead , may the better sort say , In the Morning when sober , in the Evening when mellow , He 's gone , and has left not behind him his Fellow : For he govern'd his Passion with an absolute sway , And grew wiser and better as his strength wore away , Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle Decay .

Printed by W. O. for B. Deacon , at the Angel in Guilt-spur-street .