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?
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The Patrons Lives to the Lord M.
MY, Noble Lord, if you would tell
How to live, and to live well.
Please you but attention give,
I'll tell you how the Patrons live.
First of all, they never c•re,
Nor for Clock, nor Calender:
Next they ne'er desire to know
How affairs o'th'World do go,
Above all they ne'er resort,
To the Busie-Hall, nor Court.
Where most part do nothing else,
But trouble others and themselves:
All the bus'ness they look after,
Onely is their sport and laughter,
With a Friend, and chearful Cup,
Merrily to Dine and Sup;
Hear good Musick, see a Play,
Thus they pass the time away.
And if you like our living thus,
Come, my Lord, and live with us.
