Social Commentaries

Epigram 25: Neat Master Scapethrift railes against all riet

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Sculler (1612)

Social Commentaries

Neat Master Scapethrift railes against all riet,
Commending much a temperate sparing diet:
What though he hath bene prodigall and wilde,
Those idle fancies now he hath exilde:
What though he hath bene frequent with excesse
Of Dice, of Drabs, and drowsie Drunkennes,
Yet now hee's changd sir, he is not the man,
The case is alterd now from what twas than:
The Prologue of his wealth did teach him spend,
And tis the Epilogue that makes him mend.

MLA

Taylor, John. “Epigram 25: Neat Master Scapethrift railes against all riet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/62/.

Chicago

Taylor, John. “Epigram 25: Neat Master Scapethrift railes against all riet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/62/.

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