To Mr. Murray — For Orford and for Waldegrave

For Orford and for Waldegrave You give much more than me you gave; Which is not fairly to behave, My Murray!

Because if a live dog, 't is said, Be worth a lion fairly sped, A live lord must be worth two dead, My Murray!

And if, as the opinion goes, Verse hath a better sale than prose,— Certes, I should have more than those, My Murray!

But now this sheet is nearly crammed, So, if you will, I shan't be shammed, And if you won't,—you may be damned, My Murray!