"That all things-be they grief or joy,— "Whether they please us or annoy, "Shall blessings sure and lasting prove "To them who their Creator love!" THE STRATAGEM. "AVOID the world!" the preacher cries, "Concealed in it destruction lies; "It is a wicked world replete "With folly, falsehood, guilt, deceit." "Frequent the world!" the worldly wise Prompt on the contrary replies, "Frequent the world!-it is a college, And be involved in wiliest snares, Yet can we ne'er this skill acquire, If from the world we quite retire. The advice combined of both to use.— Avoid a guilty imitation. PART 1. One Bunning dwelt in London town, And of that sect which ne'er is known, In ball to cut a caper. |