Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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“Mr. Fare Play,” Poem, to JS, [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. late 1842; unidentified handwriting; twenty pages; JS Collection, CHL.
4 You’d better be engaged in cutting wood
Let this by tatlers vile be understood
Than be engaged in telling tatling tales
It is a base employ The wintry gales
Do harshly tread the prairies large and <wide>
And like the tatlers tongue are never tied
O when will tongues of slander ceace to <run>
And Their base work on Earth be wholy done
5 The red hot fire is good to keep us warm
And houses fair to shelter from The storm
But tatling lying tales are of no use
Because they never can good fruits produce
A vise is good to hold what man requires
But tongues of slander friendship often tears
The vices good me[n] often find to be of use
But slandering tongues pour out their vile abuse
6 Perhaps you think I am a poet rude
But can I on the tatler vile intrude
If I can make him leave his vile employ
I will O friends he may your peace anoy
I love to see O friends the bounding deer
When he twelve feet or more Each bound <will clear>
But growling snarling men who loves to see
Or ever in their presence loves to be
7 Men ought to act like men upright & just
And lying knaves they never ought to trust
Those who do aim at cheating neighbours <kind>
Who are just men upright and ever kind [p. [10]]
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