Lines Written in an Album

[A farmer’s daughter, during the rage for albums, handed to the author an old account-book ruled for pounds, shillings, and pence, and requested a contribution.] THIS WORLD ’s a scene as dark as Styx, £ s. d. Where hope is scarce worth 2 6 Our joys are borne so fleeting hence That they are dear at 18 And yet to stay here most are willing, Although they may not have 1

Collection: 
English
1812
Willis Gaylord
Sub Title: 
Humorous Poems: IV. Ingenuities: Oddities

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