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!