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At Norwich's cattle market, bargaining over livestock and grain becomes material for James Parkerson's moral poems. Farmers, dealers and merchants speak about prices, purchases and credit, while the poet looks past fine houses and coaches to the debts they can conceal. A warning against heavy drinking follows another chain of consequences, linking a farmer's reckless behaviour to injury, gossip and a threat to his livelihood.
Animal fable and prison counsel widen the collection's view of responsibility. A lion's seizure of another's fruit prompts a lesson about property and the proper use of power. Elsewhere, Parkerson urges prisoners to speak truthfully, attend to the chaplain and seek comfort through prayer and Bible reading. These direct appeals give the verse its purpose: to turn familiar scenes and painful experiences into guidance about daily conduct.
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Book facts
- Author
- James Parkerson
- Reading time
- About 25 minutes
- Pages
- 35
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
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