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 JOHN the SHOPKEEPER 
 
 TURNED 
 
 S A I L O R ; 
 
 R, THE 
 
 Folly of going out of our Element. 
 
 th which a particular Account is given of the 
 feVeral Branches of this worthy Family. 
 
 PART II. 
 
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JOHN the SHOPKEEPER, 8cc. 
 
 ^npWAS told you in a former lay. 
 
 A How on a-lucklefe evil day 
 The Trader John, a landfman brave* 
 Left the dry ground to try the wave. 
 
 But here the poet mult rehearfe, 
 In foft, and fweet, and tender verfe. 
 How gentle Johnny had a wife. 
 The joy and folace of his life, 
 The fliarer of his griefs and cares. 
 Privy to all his great affairs ; 
 One who when ty'd in wedlock's noofe 
 Had proved a helpmate fit for ufe; 
 One whom he married — not for whim— 
 But who eould keep his houfe in trim; 
 No high-flown niifs, or Belle, or Beauty, 
 A fimple Girl that knew her duty • 
 Had well obey'd her Father, Mother, 
 And counfelFd well her younger Brother * 
 Healthy when young, and rather flout i 
 Moral ?— nay more, fhe was devout: 
 And now a Chriftian quite at heart, 
 She carefully fulfils her part, 
 Well ikill'd alike her houfe to guide, 
 And. fgrYG the (hop at johnny's fides. 
 
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 See now fhe works to help the trade, 
 And now inftrucis her under maid; 1 
 
 But 'tis her chief and fpecial care, 
 Her Hufband's daily toil to fpare; 
 When Tick, or weary and oppreft, 
 To eafe the troubles of his breaft, 
 To foothe his forrows, calm his fears, 
 And help him thro' this vale of tears ; 
 Remind him where his treafure lies. 
 And point to realms above the Ikies, 
 Where, when this, fliifdng fcene is o'er, 
 The faithful meet to part no more. 
 Now twenty fummers or above 
 
 
 
 Have glided by and prov'd her love : 
 
 And though they rnay have marr'd her face 
 
 Have ripen'd many a Chriftian Grace ; 
 
 Hence it may now be fairly guefs'd, 
 
 Her lateft days fix all be her beft. 
 
 John knows her worth, an<J now-a-days, 
 
 He grows quite eager in her praife; 
 
 For ev'ry calling friend is told* 
 
 ;c My Wife is worth her weight in Gold." 
 
 To this bled couple there was born, 
 One Daughter cheerful as the morn: , 
 
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 A Maiden {he of fpotlefs fame, 
 
 E'en in her mirth quite clear from Llame,, 
 
 Train'd in Religion's " narrow way," 
 
 Her mind untainted by a Play, 
 
 She hates your giddy glitt'ring fcenes, 
 
 Tho' long fince enterd on her teens ; 
 
 Sees all things in a proper light, 
 
 And vice quite puts her in a fright; 
 
 Prompt and obedient from a Child, 
 
 Obliging, humble, meek and mild; 
 
 Still, before Grangers, as a moufe; 
 
 Yet vaftly ufeful in the Houfe — 
 
 Toils for the {hop, tho' feldom feen ; 
 
 —Ah ! — -there {he fits behind the fcreen ; 
 
 There, like Tome flower both fwect and gay } 
 
 She fhuns as yet the blaze of day; 
 
 (Well does her praife adorn my tale) 
 
 A new-blown Lily of the Vale. 
 
 Now fhould perchance fome fool draw near 3 
 And get to whifper in her ear, 
 Of Plays, and Balls, and Fairs, and Races, 
 Fine mid-night Routs, and public Places^ 
 >»d wonder how fhe can endure, 
 A life fo ufeful and fo pure — ■ 
 Extol her form, her piercing Eyes 3 
 And tell a hundred flatt'ring lies; 
 -—While the fweet praife he thinks fhe fips 3 
 The tortur'd Maiden bites her lips; 
 Thinks his fine flatt'ry mere pretence, 
 And longs to tell him to talk fenfe ; 
 Yet dreads to take the dunce in hand 5 
 Left he fhould {till not underftand. 
 But fhould he let his vice peep out, 
 T'hp mcek-ey'd Girl can then turn ftoiH; 
 
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 For once (Vis faid) in terms direcT:, 
 A fpruce and faucy fpark fhe check'd; 
 (She grew fo folemn in her fpeeches 
 The Bucks give out that " Nancy preaches") 
 And once put on the fweeteft air, 
 And begg'd a Carman not to fwear. 
 Thus while fhe fpends her peaceful daysj 
 Her parents' care fhe well repays ; 
 Honors her father, loves her mother, 
 She'll prove methinks juft fuch another ; 
 And tho' fcarce feen, except at church 3 
 The men won't leave her in the lurch; 
 Some honeft Chriftian man fhe'll ftrike, 
 No Buck or Blood— for like loves like. 
 
 Next in my fong, of equal fame, 
 Comes a good horieft: antient dame; 
 John's mother — with no fault but one — 
 
 Jmean — fhe doated on her fon; 
 For when her own dear fpoufe was gone. 
 Her whole affeSions fell to John ; 
 'Twas then, the widow's age fo great, 
 Her profpecls fmall, her income ftrait, 
 That Johnny weighed the matter well. 
 And took her to his home to dwell: 
 No coft or trouble did he grudge, 
 For John had rightly learn'd to judge 
 That people, qnfce of little fame, 
 But now of high and mighty name, 
 Oft owe the glory of their itation, 
 To the mere help of Education. 
 Ouoth he — " Were all men good and true, 
 44 Their wealth, methinks, might half be due, 
 cc To fome good dame who now is found 
 <c Quite thruft upon the mere back ground: 
 
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 Refides (he added Iial f in tears). 
 
 A child is always i-f| arrears, 
 u In debt, alas! o'er head and eats," 
 
 Oh with what joy, what thanks and praifej 
 To the Great "Len gtVne'r of her days. 
 What feelings not to be outdone, 
 Tow Yds her dear John, her only foil, 
 Did the good parent take her ftatiqn, 
 And kindly own the obligation! 
 And now his tendernefs Ihe pays, 
 By helping in a thpufand ways. 
 Beck'd in her be ft Die comes in view, 
 And ferves the fh.op from twelve to two. • 
 Knows not each price perhaps quite pat 3 
 Yet keeps the croud in civil chat, 
 Till John hirnfelf comes up to fell 
 A yard of luteftrin^, or an elf: 
 Next to the Cook her aid me brings, 
 And does a hundred )lttle thiilgs ; 
 Loves her own felf to lay the cloth, 
 To drefs the fallad' fkim the broth : 
 
 At fli piling- .peas is quick and nimble, 
 Tho' now jg^own, lardy with her thimble 
 
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 And always puts you quite at cafe * 
 Walks out, and leaves you if you pleafe; 
 Plain as fhe feems, has much good fen'c> 
 And hence fhe never takes offence; 
 And all agree, for all arc lenient, 
 The good old Lady's qiiue convenient. 
 
 Yet let me add, if things go wrong, 
 Madam foon (hews her fears are ftrong ; 
 And then flie gives a certain fpice 
 Of plain and downright good advice ; 
 Talks in a molt ^convincing tatte 
 " Of what Jlits feeii and what /he's known; 
 And in a way that vaftly wins, 
 Will warn you of her own paft fins : 
 Tranquil at eve, in elbow chair, 
 Tells what her former follies were; 
 
 Recounts her dangers, nice efcapes, 
 Sad fufferings once, and auk ward (crapes • 
 And while fhe paints her varied life, 
 Adds wifdom e'en to Johnny's wife : 
 ]ohn, warn'd of her each matter weighs, 
 Arid Nancy trembles and obeys, 
 
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 Thus fome old feaman, once fo brave, 
 And buffeted by wind and wave ; 
 Of the rude feas too long the fport, 
 Enters at length fome peaceful port; 
 Rejoices now no more to roam> 
 Yet a&s as Pilot nearer home. 
 
 End of Part II* 
 
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