A collection of the choicest epigrams and characters of Richard Flecknoe being rather a new work, then [sic] a new impression of the old.
Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
On the rooting out of Vice.
VIce is in Man, as Weeds in Gardens are,
Which less we daily take especial care
To root up as they grow, do sprout fast,
We should be quite o'ergrown with them at last.
More shame for us, that every Gard'ner then,
Shou'd take more care to keep his Garden clean;
Than we our selves, and with a hand more nice
Purge it from Weeds, than we our selves from Vice.
