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62 5.

Away with old Homer the blind—

I'll show you a poet that's blinder:

You may see him whene'er you've a mind

In Gaily i.o. the Grinder.

Gaily i.o. i.o., etc.

6.

Blindfold he runs groping for fame,

And hardly knows where he will find her:

She don't seem to take to the name

Of Gaily i.o. the Grinder.

Gaily i.o. i.o., etc.

7.

Yet the Critics have been very kind,

And Mamma and his friends have been kinder;

But the greatest of Glory's behind

For Gaily i.o. the Grinder.

Gaily i.o. i.o. April 11, 1818. [From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray, now for the first time printed.]

EPIGRAM.

FROM THE FRENCH OF RULHIÈRES.

for silver, or for gold,

You could melt ten thousand pimples

Into half a dozen dimples,