Explore "Characters from Life; Or, Moral Hints. In Verse" by James Parkerson on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Calista, tho' you waft a smile, / And blithsome still appear; / It does not censure ought beguile, / Or stop the stifled tear.
Its levity your conduct sway, / And tarnish much your name; / Too much her dictates you obey, / The prudent must you blame.