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Poem
November 12, 1762
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A didactic poem titled 'Good Advice' promotes living free from burdens through honest industry, prudence, self-reliance, earning and saving money diligently, and avoiding trifles and instability, using proverbial imagery.
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Good Advice.
If you would live from all Incumbrance free,
Rise above Wants, and walk at Liberty.
To your just Calling lend an honest Heart,
And with Industry let each Hour depart.
Take Prudence always for your trusty Guide,
Contentions shun that never Friends divide :
Not on others Faithfulness depend.
But take the Helm and boldly steer the End.
A Penny earn'd, tho' tis with Toil and Pain,
And sav'd, when earn'd. is surely so much Gain :
Which well improved, soon adds a Penny more,
And that as duly swells the rising Store.
No gilded Trifle let your Purse beguile,
Allure your Longing or command your Toils,
A rolling Stone, the Mountain's Foot will find,
And Vapours swiftly fly before the Wind.
If you would live from all Incumbrance free,
Rise above Wants, and walk at Liberty.
To your just Calling lend an honest Heart,
And with Industry let each Hour depart.
Take Prudence always for your trusty Guide,
Contentions shun that never Friends divide :
Not on others Faithfulness depend.
But take the Helm and boldly steer the End.
A Penny earn'd, tho' tis with Toil and Pain,
And sav'd, when earn'd. is surely so much Gain :
Which well improved, soon adds a Penny more,
And that as duly swells the rising Store.
No gilded Trifle let your Purse beguile,
Allure your Longing or command your Toils,
A rolling Stone, the Mountain's Foot will find,
And Vapours swiftly fly before the Wind.
What sub-type of article is it?
Epigram
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Temperance Moderation
What keywords are associated?
Good Advice
Industry
Prudence
Saving
Frugality
Self Reliance
Moral Instruction
Poem Details
Title
Good Advice.
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
A Penny Earn'd, Tho' Tis With Toil And Pain,
And Sav'd, When Earn'd. Is Surely So Much Gain :
No Gilded Trifle Let Your Purse Beguile,
A Rolling Stone, The Mountain's Foot Will Find,
And Vapours Swiftly Fly Before The Wind.