English poem
Reader be pleased to attend
by Richard Lee (1765–1837)
Reader be pleased to attend, If you will have what I have penn'd; Count but the cost of what you buy, How much its worth, come, read and try; And then, like me, I'm sure you'll say, Right willing you are for to pay. Desiring to improve your mind,
Look through the whole, and then you'll find Each line is fill'd with moral good, Each line is fill'd with Christ-like food.