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54 From Canning, the tall wit,

To Wilmot, the small wit,

Ward's creeping Companion and Louse,

11.

Who 's so damnably bit

With fashion and Wit,

That he crawls on the surface like Vermin,

But an Insect in both,—

By his Intellect's growth,

Of what size you may quickly determine. Venice, January 8, 1818. [First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 156, 157; stanzas 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, first published, Letters, 1900, iv. 191-193.]

ON THE BIRTH OF JOHN WILLIAM RIZZO HOPPNER.

father's sense, his mother's grace,

In him, I hope, will always fit so;

With—still to keep him in good case—

The health and appetite of Rizzo. February 20, 1818. [First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 134.]