Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes.
On Sin. A Similie.
As a poor Urchin on the Ice,
When he has tumbl'd once or twice,
With cautious Step, and trembling goes,
The drop-ſtile Pendant on his Noſe,
And trudges on to ſeek the Shore,
Reſolv'd to truſt the Ice no more:
But meeting with a daring Mate,
Who often us'd to ſlide and ſcate,
Again is into Danger led,
And falls again, and breaks his head.
So Youth when firſt they're drawn to ſin,
And ſee the Danger they are in,
Would gladly quit the thorney Way,
And think it is unſafe to ſtay;
But meeting with their wicked Train,
Return with them to ſin again:
With them the Paths of Vice explore;
With them are ruin'd ever more.
CHAP.
