The wish corrected and augmented with a second part, licensed December 11th 1691. Pope, Dr. (Walter), d. 1714. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09754 of text R220053 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing P2917A). 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. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09754 Wing P2917A ESTC R220053 62369603 ocm 62369603 188091 2248525848

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B09754) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 188091) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2855:3) The wish corrected and augmented with a second part, licensed December 11th 1691. Pope, Dr. (Walter), d. 1714. 2 p. s.n., [S.l. : 1691] Caption title. Attributed to Dr. Walter Pope. Cf. Wing (2nd ed.). Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). In verse. Reproduction of original in: British Library. eng English poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The wish. Corrected and augmented with a second part. Licensed December 11th. 1691. Pope, Walter, 1691 3 836 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. 2010-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-12 Sampled and proofread 2010-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Wish . Corrected and augmented with a Second Part.

Licensed December 11th . 1691.

I. IF I live to be old , for I find I go down , Let this be my Fate in a Country Town ; May I have a Warm house , with a Stone at the Gate And a Cleanly young Girl to rub my Bald-Pate . CHORVS . May I govern my Passions with an Absosute Sway , And grow wiser , and better , as my Strength wears away , Without Gout or Stone , by a gentle Decay . II. In a Country Town , by a Murmuring brook With the Ocean at distance , whereon I may look , With a spatious Plain , without Hedge , or Stile , And an easie Pad-Nagg to ride out a Mile . May I , &c. III. With Horace , and Petrarch , and two or three more Of the best Wits , that Reign'd in the Ages before , With Roast Mutton , rather then Venison , or Teal , And Clean , tho' Coarse Linnen , at every Meal . May I , &c. IV. With a Pudding on Sundays , and Stout humming Liquor , And Remnants of Latine to Welcome the Vicar , With Monte Fiascone , and Burgundy Wine To drink the Kings-health in , as oft as I Dine ; May I , &c. V. If to Sixty and odd , I should draw out my life , May I not play the Fool then , and steal a Young Wife . Least when I can't please , I grow Jealous , and hate her , Nor thrice a Week ▪ Spit out a Crude Observator . * * Estimet . Responsum non dictum esse quia laesit Prior. Ter. in Prolog . Eun. Vide Observat Vol. 3. N. 126. May I , &c. VI. May I be neither Observator , or Trimmer , Nor against the laws stream an obstinate Swimmer ; May I mind what I speak , what I write , and hear read , But with matters of State , nere trouble my old head . May I , &c. VII . Nor Preside in a Coffee Convention of Wits Made up of Conceited , Pragmatical Cits . Who greedily lick my Oraculous Spaul , While I row to St. Peters with my face towards St. Paul . May I , &c.
The Second Part. VIII . Tho' I care not for Riches , may I not be so poor , That the Rich without shame , cannot enter my Door : May they Court my converse , may they take much Delight My old Stories to hear , in a Winters long Night . May I , &c. IX . My small Stock of Wit may I not misapply To Flatter Ill men , be they never so High , Nor mispend the few Moments I Steal from the Grave In Fawning , and Cringing , like a Dog , or a Slave . May I , &c. X. May none whom I love , to so great Riches rise As to slight their Acquaintance , and their old Friends despise , So Low , or so High may none of them be , As to move either Pity , or Envy in me . May I , &c. XI . A Friendship I wish for , but alas 't is in Vain , Joves Storehouse is Empty , and can't it supply So firm , that no Change of Times , Envy , or Gain , Or Flattery , or Woman , should have power to Unty . May I , &c. XII . But if Friends prove Unfaithful , and Fortune a Whore , Still may I be Vertuous , tho' I am Poor ; My life then as useless , may I freely Resign , When no longer I Relish true Wit , and good Wine . May I , &c. XIII . For those who profess Soul or Body to mend , Tho' I hope I shall have no Occasion to send , When I have eat All my Bread , and drunk my Last Glass , May they come then , and set their Seals to my Pass . May I , &c. XIV . With a 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 Left not behind him his Fellow . CHORVS . For he govern'd his Passions with an Absolute Sway , And grew wiser , and better , as his Strength wore away , Without Gout , or Stone by a gentle Decay .
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