The young Gallants Tutor,
Or, An Invitation to Mirth.
Here is an Antedote against all sadness,
And a sweet Motive unto joy and gladness,
For mirth doth to our lives such pleasure bring,
It makes us live as happy as a King,
From our fore fathers we this Maxime borrow,
An ounce of Mirth is worth a pound of Sorrow,
Tune of, The Delights of the Bottle. With Allowance,
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AWay with the causes of riches and cares,
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That poyson our spirits & shorten our years
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He that doth sit musing o'r ill gotten wealth
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It pleaseth his fancy but ruines his health,
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd
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while he that is merry reigns Prince of the world.
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Mirth cherishe[s] life in the old and the young,
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And makes every minute both happy and long,
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For he that's inclined to be sober and sad,
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A thousand to one but in time he'l grow mad,
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd
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While he that is merry is Prince of the world
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He that's but indued with one scruple of wit,
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Can tell you that mirth like a Monarch doth sit,
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Inthron'd in a pallace of pleasure and ease,
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To welcome young Gallants and Ladies to please
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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While he that is merry reigns Prince of the world
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The life of Canary doth cherish our Souls,
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Whilst that we carouse it in plentiful bouls
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It fills us with courage both active and free,
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And fits us for service in every degree,
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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While he that is merry reigns Prince of the world
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We keep Ladys company just when we please,
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And Rovel like princes in pleasure and ease
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We pass the time merrily day after day,
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And month after month till the years slides away
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd
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While he that is merry reigns prince of the world
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The mighty god Cupid and Baccus agree,
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To crown with delight all the noble and free,
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When Venus grows froward because shee's so fair
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We then to the tents of great Baccus repair,
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd
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while he that is merry reigns Prince of the world.
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With Love and good Liquor our hearts we do cheer
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Canary and Claret Cock Ale and March beer,
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It 'twere not for these we should have a dull sense
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Of what shall betide us a hundred year hence,
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd.
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While he that is merry reigns prince of the world
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The joyes of good fellowship keeps us alive,
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The more we do fuddle the better we thrive,
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To Frollick all day makes us sleep well at night,
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Our stomachs are full though our heads may be light
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Then perish all fopps by sobriety dull'd
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While he that is merry reigns prince of the world
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Flint Glasses and Bottles are pleasant to view
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To see the wine sparkle and of a brisk hue,
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Will tempt a dull miser as much as his gold
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But that he's affraid to be poor when he's old,
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Then perish all Fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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While he that is merry reigns prince of the world
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What strange opposition in nature we find,
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That some all their life time to mirth are inclin'd
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Whilest others sit mopeing and neds must confess
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They have no injoyment of what they possess,
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Then perish all Fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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While he that is merry reigns prince of the world
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The pleasant debauches of love are most sweet,
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When passion and Guineyes with bueaty we meet
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But yet the good sack is of noble renown,
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And pleases as well as the Miss of the Town.
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Then perish all Fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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while he that is merry reigns Prince of the world
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Since Tipling and kissing doth now rule the roost
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Of freedom and pleasure we bravely can boast,
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Whilest he that is sullen and knows no delight,
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Opprest is with sorrow by day and by night,
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Then perish all Fopps by sobriety dull'd,
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While he that is merry reigns Prince of the world
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Then for to conclude since that mirth doth prevail
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To mighty Sack bottle weel drink without fail,
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Lets hug our delight that the health may go round
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In which all our sorrows and cares we will drownd
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Then perish all Fopps by sobriety dull'd
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While he that is merry reigns Prince of the world.
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