Epistle From Esopus To Maria
epistle from esopus to maria
from those drear solitudes and frowsy cells,
where infamy with sad repentance dwells;
where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast,
and deal from iron hands the spare repast;
where truant 'prentices, yet young in sin,
blush at the curious stranger peeping in;
where strumpets, relics of the drunken roar,
resolve to drink, nay, half, to whore, no more;
where tiny thieves not destin'd yet to swing,
beat hemp for others, riper for the string:
from these dire ses my wretched lines i date,
to tell maria her esopus' fate.
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