1. The youth when abroad and his purpose does tend
Is like unto a spark when it leaves the fire's bend

2. Should it land on barren earth, its light is penned
Should it land on tinder, its flame will ascend

3. Ill is the soul that takes to vice with delight
And does wrong, then boasts of it with all his might

4. Ostentation corrupts, though it seem upright
Till for a coin, it forfeits honor bright

5. He marries a Christian maid, but fails his duty
She for their union severs her cincture beauty