NEW-MADE HONOUR.
(IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.)
A friend I met, some half hour since—"Good-morrow, Jack!" quoth I;The new-made Knight, like any Prince,Frowned, nodded, and passed by;When up came Jem—"Sir John, your Slave!""Ah, James; we dine at eight—Fail not—(low bows the supple knave)Don't make my lady wait."The King can do no wrong? As I'm a sinner,He's spoilt an honest tradesman and my dinner.
A friend I met, some half hour since—"Good-morrow, Jack!" quoth I;The new-made Knight, like any Prince,Frowned, nodded, and passed by;When up came Jem—"Sir John, your Slave!""Ah, James; we dine at eight—Fail not—(low bows the supple knave)Don't make my lady wait."The King can do no wrong? As I'm a sinner,He's spoilt an honest tradesman and my dinner.
A friend I met, some half hour since—"Good-morrow, Jack!" quoth I;The new-made Knight, like any Prince,Frowned, nodded, and passed by;When up came Jem—"Sir John, your Slave!""Ah, James; we dine at eight—Fail not—(low bows the supple knave)Don't make my lady wait."The King can do no wrong? As I'm a sinner,He's spoilt an honest tradesman and my dinner.