Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 196 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 196: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running verse poetry, numbered 178, presented on aged paper. The eight-line passage addresses someone who has experienced life's vanities and fashionable pleasures, urging them to abandon such pursuits and instead embrace Wisdom, Science, and Reason as better guides. The tone is moralistic and didactic, characteristic of Victorian moral literature. The verse appears to be part of a longer narrative work rather than a penny dreadful's typical sensational content, suggesting this may be from a more elevated literary publication or a moralizing section within serialized fiction.
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178 Hast thou not tried the vanities of life, And all the poor, mean joys of Fashion known? Blush then to hold with Wisdom longer strife, Submit at length a better guide to own. Here woo the Muses in the scenes they love ; Let Science near thee take her patient stand : Each weak regret for gayer hours reprove, And yield thy soul to Reason’s calm command, yy CONNIE KOO KS.(eOmn)