. . .If his stomach be not well filled! Look next that your money is fairly earned, Ere ever it be spent; For comfort and love, however turned, Will ne'er pay six per cent. And, next, due care and diligence keep That the mind be trained and fed; For blessings ever look shabby and cheap, That light on an empty head. And if it shall please the gracious God That children to you belong, Remember, my child, and spare the rod Till you've taught them right and wrong; And show 'em, that though this life's a start For the better world, no doubt, Yet earth an' heaven ain't so far apart As many good folks make out! III. A word went over the broad hill-sweeps Of the listening land where the Tiffin creeps: "She married, holding on high her head; [35] But the groom was false as the vows he said; With lies and crimes his days are checked; The girl is alone, and he. . . Read More