If Any Be Pleased to Walk into My Poor Garden

Friend, Coming in a friendly wise,
From East, West, North or South,
Take here the Owner's own advice:

Put nothing in thy mouth;
But freely Fill thy Nose and Eyes
With all my Garden's growth.
For, if thou imitate the Apes,
And Clandestinely steal my grapes,
One wishes thee the Belly-Gripes,
An other hundred Scaffold-Stripes, &c.
Therefore, Pray, Curb thy appetite,
And mind what I hereunder write:
Do not Covet,
Though thou Love it;
But without any Bluster,
Go Buy a lusty Cluster.
Now, On those Terms, I give thee leave to Enter,
And Penetrate from both Ends to the Center:
But do not Break, nor Take Stalks, Fruit, or Seed,
For We hereby are Otherwise agreed.
Such-like Contracts bind without Seal and hand,
A good man's Word exceeds a bad ones Bond.
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