To Mr. Murray
TO hook the Reader, you, John Murray,Have published "Anjou's Margaret,"Which won't be sold off in a hurry(At least, it has not been as yet);And then, still further to bewilder him,Without remorse, you set up "Ilderim;"So mind you don't get into debt,--Because--as how--if you should fail,These books would be but baddish bail.And mind you do not let escapeThese rhymes to Morning Post or Perry,Which would be very treacherous--very,And get me into such a scrape!For, firstly, I should have to sally,All in my little boat, against a Galley;And, should I chance to slay the Assyrian wight,Have next to combat with the female Knight:And pricked to death expire upon her needle,A sort of end which I should take indeed ill!
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