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ODV; FULL ACCOUNT OF THE FATE OF ABRAHAM ISAACS OF IVY LANE, by                    
First Line: "true 'tis p t, and p t 'tis, 'tis true"
Last Line: An s a unto death
Subject(s): Alphabets;death;fate;sin; "dead, The;destiny;


"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 Herculem."

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.





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