The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-01-27
POETRY.
- InE eaAsLorrc IouRNAL.



Money sing. that direlul thing
From which unnumbcFed woes do spring;
And if my strange and mystic song,
Proves somewhat new, II is not long.
II needs no garnish like the vino,
That's made in southern olmes, where nine
Doll tedious yezrs viii sometimes fail,
To make il ripe and ii for sale.
NY song is ripe AMI needs no " bush -
Pray madam, step, Yea need not blush,
Twill serve for goa well as he,
And truly 1t will serve for ne.
Some people arc particular,
And some again are singular
In ways and actions, deeds and words;
Then, if my song should please two-thirls,
Why, I'm deceived and own that /,
Need not again to prophecy.
But money is my song / said,
The +" staff Of liz" they say !" is bread 2
" Iaey say" says many curious things -
say and sing the thing that rings,
Tins thing calfd eAink,n the actual cash,
Which yet viii one day make a smash,
With mortals on this little ball.
And send them - totiefing 10 their fall =
When headlong hellwards they viii 60,
For treating wives and orphans 90
" That's rough" you say ali, not too rough,
Your eonscicnces are strong and tough;
Like India-rubber they viii take,
And yield and give but never break.
Put money in your purse. my son,
And well remember number one
You need not cheat, nor lie, nor steal
But then, the poor they never feel
Turn out cir children in the cold,
This world is wide and vel will hold.
Ten thousand wives aud children too,
And if they die what's that 10 YOU
Sell out their homes and pocket "chink,"
And let them groan and weep, the clink
Will fall so grateful on thy ear
Twill Danish every groln and tear
Ny friend, this little world Of care
Abounds in sadness and despair;
unnumberd griefs and woes you faI,
How many wretched beings bind
They linger on, till friendly death
Steps in and kindly stops their hreath,
And ends at once the pa nf1l stsi.t.
OF poverty, disease and li.6
But stop, we've gone by far too fast.
And ten to one the point we've pass'u,
Where could finely point my strain
And end 1t in a humorous yeta.
But as the thing has happened SO,
'Twere best that ! should now oos.ow
Advice to guard the youthful mind,
From natures power, and round /. wind
The dark polluted web CT pclf,
All woven in the warp of self
Take care and let no feeling sway
Thy heart and lead thy purse astrlr
When pity BIDS thoo give thy gold
kemember aT'rlce says withhold =
Aad il sonla wretch inp!o:e thy all,
Or leg indulgence. yiglg trade
Ia his distress, aud press him down
and make him ws.-he beneath thy irown
Ills ragged offspring held up TOO.
And boldly threaten what you'll DO,
II lie shOcld fail BIS notes 10 meet,
When ha nor child has nsught 10 eat
Now fyon wish TO rise Or soar,
Dc prudent cautious, nay be moro
With care, line well yo1r silken purse
"a purse well filed viii often nurse.
\ name dehauched and dlrklr stained
With vice and fortune wrongly gained.
And make il pure, il owner fust,j
And nj for Office, place and trust
Like ladies gilded locAeti
Put your character in pocket,
And sally forth into the world
With fortunes tInsol flag unfur!al,
And sail down LIES tempestuous wara,
All calm and smoothly to the grave.
Bot as you softly glide along,
As soft and sweely as my sang,
Perhaps . scruP!e saay arise,
(which Oft viii agitlte the wise
Whether i'll gotten wcz.th may not,
beyond The grave prepare lot,
For that iminora al p1rt OF thine,
Where it may feel the w.lth divine
Pshaw DO Ike others of have done,
And when your life is well nigh ran
Turn saint and then abhor the ways.
And snares and traps that Satan LAYS,
10 catch the helpless souls Of men.
DsceiFe Yourself, the world, ard han,
Arrange yonr things by all means g.
IL leave rcnr chi ..rer ri.l, -, ,-o.1,i -