Of Man by Nature
Of Man by Nature
Original Text
J. B., A Book for Boys and Girls: or, Country Rhimes for Children (London: N. P., 1686): 67. PR 3329 D1 1686a Robarts Library.
LXI. Of Man by Nature
1From God he's a Back slider,2Of Ways, he loves the wider;
3With Wickedness a Sider,
4More Venom than a Spider.
5 In Sin he's a Confider,
7Blind Reason is his Guider,
8The Devil is his Rider.
Notes
6] Make-bate: breeder of contention, trouble-maker. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1686
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1999.
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