%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> [?] / Old Mans WISH. / This Old-Man he doth Wish for Wealth in vain / But he thereby doth not the Treasure gain; / For if with Wishes he the same could have, / He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. Pope, Walter University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/11/2008 22034

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4.370 R234664 1 a Pleasant new Play-House Tune Old Man's Wish A Pleasant New Playhouse Tune IF I live to grow old, / (for I find I go down) May I govern my passion, / with an absolute sway, / And grow wiser and better, / as my strength wears away: / Without Gout or Stone, / by a gentle decay. [with variations in the final stanza] title cropped Pepys 4.370 Wing P2914A Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 4: 370 [?] / Old Mans WISH. / This Old-Man he doth Wish for Wealth in vain / But he thereby doth not the Treasure gain; / For if with Wishes he the same could have, / He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. [?] Old Mans WISH. This Old-Man he doth Wish for Wealth in vain But he thereby doth not the Treasure gain; For if with Wishes he the same could have, He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. [?] Old Man's Wish. This Old-man He Does Wish for Wealth in Vain but He Thereby Does Not the Treasure Gain; For if with Wishes He the Same Could Have, He Would Not Mind nor Think upon the Grave. Pope, Walter 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 280 cropped top edge, set-off from opposite page visible headpiece: 32 x 97 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, in Guilt=spur=street. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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IF I live to grow old, (for I find I go down) Let this be my fate, in a Country Town: Let me have a warm house, with a stone at the Gate, And a cleanly young Girl, to rub my bald Pate; May I govern my passion, with an absolute sway, And grow wiser and better, as my strength wears away: Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle decay.
In a country Town but a murmering brook, The Ocean at distance, on which I may look. With a spacious plain, without hedge or stile, And an easie Pad Nag to ride out a Mile: May I govern my passion, with an absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away: Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle decay.
With a Pudding on Sunday, and stout humming Liquor, And remnants of Latine to puzzle the Vicar: With a hidden reserve of brisk Burgandy wine, To drink the Kings Health as oft as I dine. May I govern my passion, with an absolute sway, And grow wiser and better, as my strength wears away: Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle decay. With Plutarch and Horace, and one or two more Of the best wits that liv'd in the Ages before. With a dish of roast Mutton, not Venison nor Teal; And clean (tho' course) Linnen at every meal: May I govern my passion, etc. And if I should have guess, I must add to my wish, On Frydays a mess, of good buttered Fish: For full well I do know, and the truth I reveal, I.had better do so, then come short of a meal, May I govern my passion, etc. With Breeches and jerkin, of good country gray, And live without working, now my strength doth decay: With a Hogshead of Sherry,
for to drink when I please With frends to be merry, and to live at my ease, May I govern my Passion, etc. Without Mollestation, may I spend my last days In sweet recreation, and sound forth the praise Of all those that are true to the King and his Laws. Since it be their due, they shall have my applause, May I govern my passion, etc. With a Country Scribe for to write my last will, But not of the tribe, that in chousing have skill, For my Easie pad Nagg, i'le bequeath to Don John, For he is an Arch-wag, and a jolly old man, May I govern my passion, etc. With courage undaunted may I face my last day; And when I am dead, may the better sort say, In the morning when sober, in th' evening when mellow He's gone, and has left not behind him his fellow. For he govern'd his passion, with an absolute sway, And grew wiser and better as his strength wore away; Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle decay, etc.
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Printed for J. Deacon, in Guilt-spur-street.