Turn o're thy Outward man, and judge aright. Doth not a Pagans Life out Shine thy Light? Thy fleering Looks, thy Wanton Eyes, each part Are Painted Sign-Post of a Wanton heart. If thou art weigh'd in Golden Scales; Dost do To others as thou wouldst be done unto? Weigh weigh thy Words: thy Untruths, all which came Out of thy mouth, and thou Confest the same. Why did thy Tongue detract from any one, Whisper such tales thou wouldst not have be known? When thou was got in such a merry veane How far didst thou exceed the golden mean? When that thou wast at such a Boon, or Feast Why didst thou rather ly, than lose thy jeast? How wast thou tickled when thy droughty Eares Allay'de their Thirst with filthy squibs, and jears? Why didst thou glaver men of place? And why, Scowle, Glout, and Frown, on honest Poverty? Why did'st thou spend thy State in foolish prancks? And Peacock up thyselfe above thy rancks? Why thoughtst thyselfe out of the World as shut, When not with others in the Cony Cut? Hold up thy head, is't thus or no? if yea, How then is all thy folly purgd away? If no, thy tongue belies itselfe, for loe Thou saidst thy heart was dresst from sin also. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO JOHN LAPRAIK, AN OLD SCOTTISH BARD by ROBERT BURNS BOUND NO'TH BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES THE DAYS GONE BY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 25. AL-MUHIZZ by EDWIN ARNOLD BOX-CAR LETTERS by KARLE WILSON BAKER SONNET AGAINST THE DISPRAYSERS OF POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |