I'd have you t' know, George, Dan, Dean, 'nd Nim, That I've learn'd how verse t' compose trim, Much better b' half th'n you, n'r you, n'r him, And th't I'd rid'cule their, 'nd your flam-flim. "Ay' b't then, p'rhaps," says you, "t's a m'rry whim With 'bundance of mark'd notes i' th' rim." So th't I ought n't for t' be morose 'nd t' look grim, Think n't your 'p'stle put m' in a megrim; Though 'n Rep't't'on Day I 'ppear ver' slim, Th' last bowl 't Helsham's did m' head t' swim, So th't I h'd man' aches 'n 'v'ry scrubb'd limb, Cause th' top of th' bowl I h'd oft us'd t' skim; And b'sides D'lan' swears th't I h'd swall'w'd s'v'r'l brim- mers, 'nd that my vis'ge's cov'r'd o'er with r'd pim- ples: m'r'o'er though m' skull were ('s 'tis n't) 's strong 's tim- ber, 't must have ach'd. Th' clans of th' C'llege Sanh'drim Pres'nt th'r humbl' and 'fect'nate respects; that's t' say, D'l'n', 'chlin, P. Ludl', Dic' St'wart, H'lsham, Capt'n P'rr' Walmsl', 'nd Longsh'nks Tim. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE JAIN BIRD HOSPITAL IN DELHI by WILLIAM MEREDITH CAMPUS SONNET: BEFORE AN EXAMINATION by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET AN EXPATIATION ON THE COMBINING OF WEATHERS AT THIRTY .... by HAYDEN CARRUTH ETUDES DE PLUSIERS PAYSAGES DE L' AME: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH |