Disswasion of an Aged Friend from Leaving his Retirement. Nahum Tate Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ... 1677 pp. 119-120. [15],133p.

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Disswasion of an Aged Friend from Leaving his Retirement . IN Life's unactive Wane your shades forsake , And into th' World a Sally make : Deluded Friend , what Surfett have you tane Of Bliss , that now you long for Pain ? The Favourites of th'austere World are Few , Yet They have their disasters too . What therefore must your Entertainment be That have profest Hostility ? You have not learnt to Flatter and Caress The Great , for faithless Promises ; When Disappointed , Thankfull to Appear , And say , How much Oblig'd you are ! For Lucre you must Practise every Wile ; Defraud , and do it with a Smile . Worldlings with many Vices must be fraught , Which you my Friend were never Taught . Well , you may Roam , but soon Return distrest ; Wounded and Maim'd to your Old Nest .