"True 'tis P T, and P T 'tis, 'tis true." IN I V Lane, of C T fame, There lived a man D C, And A B I 6 was his name, Now mark his history. Long time his conduct free from blame Did merit L O G, Until an evil spirit came In the shape of O D V. "O! that a man into his mouth Should put an N M E To steal away his brains" -- no drouth Such course from sin may free. Well, A B drank, the O T loon! And learned to swear, sans ruth; And then he gamed, and U Z soon To D V 8 from truth. An hourly glass with him was play, He'd swallow that with phlegm; Judge what he'd M T in a day, "X P D @3Herculem@1." Of virtue none to sots, I trow, With F E K C prate; And 0 of N R G could now From A B M N 8. Who on strong liquor badly dote, Soon poverty must know; Thus A B in a C D coat Was shortly forced to go. From poverty D C T he caught, And cheated not A F U, For what he purchased paying 0, Or but an "I O U." Or else when he had tried B 4, To shirk a debt, his wits, He'd cry, "You shan't wait N E more, I'll W or quits. So lost did I 6 now A P R, That said his wife, said she, "F U act so, your fate quite clear Is for 1 2 4 C." His inside soon was out and out More fiery than K N; And while his state was thereabout A cough C V R came. He I P K Q N A tried, And linseed T and rue; But 0 could save him, so he died As every 1 must 2. Poor wight! till black in' the face he raved, 'Twas P T S 2 C His latest spirit "spirit" craved -- His last words, "O D V." MORAL I'll not S A to preach and prate, But tell U if U do Drink O D V at such R 8, Death will 4 stall U 2. O U then who A Y Z have, Shun O D V as a wraith, For 'tis a bonus to the grave, An S A unto death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES by WALT WHITMAN TO A LADY WHO HAD LOST A RELATIVE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD CONQUERING EAGLES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A PRAYER USED BY FRANCIS I WHEN HE WAS AT WAR WITH CHARLES V by JOHN BYROM |