TY  - GEN
T1  - I try,& mean To gain One morefriend, That will spend His Money free, And deal with me: Fancy form'd the Scheme, And I chiefly aim At this to make my Verse, Sink deep into your Purse; If your Guineas Face to Face, Fretting are, for want of Space, In Pity set the Pris'ners free, And leave a few of them with me. Yellow-Boys properly suit my wants; If your's are all white Inhabitants, Half-Crowns or Shillings - Sixpences will do; Indeed I long to singer one or two. If your's are but Half-Pence, I. Crane, at the Top, Sits there - and invites you to come to his Shop-Since the Envy of Foes, and the Favours of Friends, Are most luckily blended to answer my Ends. Thank you, my Friends, for the burrying Times I have seen. And you my Foes too, for all the spare Minutes between. When Good-Will leads you to my Shop, then I will use you well, My Goods I wish you all to Want-Because-I want to sell.
DA  - [1800?]
CY  - [Birmingham] :
AU  - Crane, John,
PB  - Printed by Swinney and Hawkins, No. 75. High Street Birmingham,
PP  - [Birmingham] :
PY  - [1800?]
N1  - Text in a pyramid, flanked on either side by verse, the left beginning "You stare, my friends! and well you may,".
N1  - Above the pyramid of text is a circular engraving incorporating the name "I. Crane", and below the pyramid are three columns of verse beginning "To pay your visits, friends, be free,".
N1  - An advertisement for John Crane, shopkeeper.
N1  - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
ID  - 559464
KW  - English poetry
TI  - I try,& mean To gain One morefriend, That will spend His Money free, And deal with me: Fancy form'd the Scheme, And I chiefly aim At this to make my Verse, Sink deep into your Purse; If your Guineas Face to Face, Fretting are, for want of Space, In Pity set the Pris'ners free, And leave a few of them with me. Yellow-Boys properly suit my wants; If your's are all white Inhabitants, Half-Crowns or Shillings - Sixpences will do; Indeed I long to singer one or two. If your's are but Half-Pence, I. Crane, at the Top, Sits there - and invites you to come to his Shop-Since the Envy of Foes, and the Favours of Friends, Are most luckily blended to answer my Ends. Thank you, my Friends, for the burrying Times I have seen. And you my Foes too, for all the spare Minutes between. When Good-Will leads you to my Shop, then I will use you well, My Goods I wish you all to Want-Because-I want to sell.
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