English poem
To Mr. Murray
by Lord Byron
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!