{"id":46,"date":"2021-06-16T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=46"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:25:10","slug":"save-the-boys","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/sketchesofsouthernlife\/chapter\/save-the-boys\/","title":{"raw":"Save the Boys","rendered":"Save the Boys"},"content":{"raw":"Like Dives in the deeps of Hell\r\nI cannot break this fearful spell,\r\nNor quench the fires I've madly nursed,\r\nNor cool this dreadful raging thirst.\r\nTake back your pledge\u2014ye come too late!\r\nYe cannot save me from my fate,\r\nNor bring me back departed joys;\r\nBut ye can try to save the boys.\r\n\r\nYe bid me break my fiery chain,\r\nArise and be a man again,\r\nWhen every street with snares is spread,\r\nAnd nets of sin where'er I tread.\r\nNo; I must reap as I did sow.\r\nThe seeds of sin bring crops of woe;\r\nBut with my latest breath I'll crave\r\nThat ye will try the boys to save.\r\n\r\nThese bloodshot eyes were once so bright;\r\nThis sin-crushed heart was glad and light;\r\nBut by the wine-cup's ruddy glow\r\nI traced a path to shame and woe.\r\nA captive to my galling chain,\r\nI've tried to rise, but tried in vain\u2014\r\nThe cup allures and then destroys.\r\nOh! from its thraldom save the boys.\r\n\r\nTake from your streets those traps of hell\r\nInto whose gilded snares I fell.\r\nOh! freemen, from these foul decoys\r\nArise, and vote to save the boys.\r\nOh ye who license men to trade\r\nIn draughts that charm and then degrade,\r\nBefore ye hear the cry, Too late,\r\nOh, save the boys from my sad fate.","rendered":"<p>Like Dives in the deeps of Hell<br \/>\nI cannot break this fearful spell,<br \/>\nNor quench the fires I&#8217;ve madly nursed,<br \/>\nNor cool this dreadful raging thirst.<br \/>\nTake back your pledge\u2014ye come too late!<br \/>\nYe cannot save me from my fate,<br \/>\nNor bring me back departed joys;<br \/>\nBut ye can try to save the boys.<\/p>\n<p>Ye bid me break my fiery chain,<br \/>\nArise and be a man again,<br \/>\nWhen every street with snares is spread,<br \/>\nAnd nets of sin where&#8217;er I tread.<br \/>\nNo; I must reap as I did sow.<br \/>\nThe seeds of sin bring crops of woe;<br \/>\nBut with my latest breath I&#8217;ll crave<br \/>\nThat ye will try the boys to save.<\/p>\n<p>These bloodshot eyes were once so bright;<br \/>\nThis sin-crushed heart was glad and light;<br \/>\nBut by the wine-cup&#8217;s ruddy glow<br \/>\nI traced a path to shame and woe.<br \/>\nA captive to my galling chain,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve tried to rise, but tried in vain\u2014<br \/>\nThe cup allures and then destroys.<br \/>\nOh! 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