Poetical Works: Comprising Elegies, Sketches from Life, Pathetic, and Extempore Pieces

By James Parkerson

This is a collection of poems written by James Parkerson. Less than a dozen titles are featured inside, although all of them are written in the style of narrative poems. Included works are 'The Bankrupt', 'An Address to the Insolvent', 'On the Death of Mr. Charles Savory', and 'Epitaph to the Above'. Here's an excerpt from 'The Bankrupt': "Oft have you pray'd me, when in youth / Never to err from paths of truth / But youth to vice is much too prone."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 20, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066144227

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James Parkerson

Poetical Works

Comprising Elegies, Sketches from Life, Pathetic, and Extempore Pieces

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4064066144227

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THE BANKRUPT.

an address to the INSOLVENT.

to the memory of an AFFECTIONATE PARENT.

thoughts on passing through a CHURCH-YARD.

on the death of MR. CHARLES SAVORY.

EPITAPH TO THE ABOVE.

the INJURED to the INJURER.

on the death of LORD NELSON.

TRUTH.

BETSY’S TEARS, a song .

THE REPROACH.

ALBERT TO HANNAH.

ON SEEING AN AMIABLE WOMAN DISTRESSED IN MIND.

A MOTHER’S ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

on seeing a young nobleman IMPRISONED FOR DEBT.

LIFE.

ON SEEING COLOURS CONSECRATED: PRESENTED BY MRS. BERKLEY.

THE BANKRUPT.

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Oft have you pray’d me, when in youth,

Never to err from paths of truth;

But youth to vice is much too prone,

And mine by far too much, I own.

Induced to riot, swear, and game,

I thought in vice t’acquire fame;

But found the pois’ning scenes of riot

Soon robb’d my mind of joy and quiet.

The usual course of rakes I ran,

The dupe of woman and of man.

Careless of fortune’s smile or frown,

My desk I left t’enjoy the town,

At folly dash’d in wisdom’s spite,

Idled