Sentence:  But, good my brother, / Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, / Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; / Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, / Himself the <WSD>primrose path</WSD> of dalliance treads, / And recks not his own rede. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An easy and pleasant life; a self-indulgent or hedonistic life; such a life that leads to damnation.