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.
And stamp and harshly too the tatlers lies
Let us awake O friends and all obey
And walk in peace along the narrow way
4 A prophet true may well be termd the <Eyes>
What man O friends would not in hast[e] arise
If his ow[n] eyes in danger were of harm
I think this thing would much the legs <alarm>
And body too all would in motion be
They all would hast[e] while eyes they had <to see>
We have O friend a seer true or eyes
And if upheld he will no doubt advise
5 Who are the ones who steal the <bags of corn>
Such rascals mean and knaves I now do <warn>
Although it is digressing from the point
Perhaps Ill bring the ends and make a Joint
O knaves and rascals mean to you I speak
You are not fit to live where houses leak
What help to hold the hands of prophets <true>
Can we expect O scoundrals mean from <you>
6 I do not know as Ive digress to[o] far
To give the rascals mean and knaves a Jar
They are perhaps a band of tatlers too
Who seek not to find naught but vile work <to do>
O knaves if you are in The tatling band [p. [14]]
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