Note 81 — VINCENT CORBET,
Reading edition
Cartwright has not unhappily imitated this poem in his address “To Mr. W. B. at the Birth of his first Child:” a few lines may be given:
I wish religion timely be Taught him with his A B C. I wish him good and constant health, His father’s learning, but more wealth, And that to use, not hoard; a purse Open to bless, not shut to curse. May he have many and fast friends Meaning good will, not private ends!—&c. Poem, p. 208. 8vo. 1651.