l vat, careless roamin;
an' fareweel cheerfu' tankards foamin,
an' social noise:
an' fareweel dear, deluding woman,
the joy of joys!
o life! how pleasant, in thy m,
young fancy's rays the hills ad!
cold-pausing caution's lesson sing,
we frisk away,
like school-boys, at th' expected warning,
to joy an' py.
we wahere, we wander here,
we eye the rose upon the brier,
unmindful that the thorn is near,
among the leaves;
and tho' the puny wound appear,
short while it grieves.
some, lucky, find a fl
Epistle To James Smith(6/11)