The works of Lord Byron A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and R. E. Prothero |
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TO MR. MURRAY. |
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TO MR. MURRAY.
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For Orford and for WaldegraveYou give much more than me you gave;
Which is not fairly to behave,
My Murray!
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Because if a live dog, 't is said,Be worth a lion fairly sped,
A live lord must be worth two dead,
My Murray!
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And if, as the opinion goes,Verse hath a better sale than prose,—
Certes, I should have more than those,
My Murray!
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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!
August 23, 1821.
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