"When a twister, a-twisting will twist him a twist,
- For the twisting his twist he three twines doth entwist;
But if one of the twists of the twist doth untwist,
- The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.
"Untwirling the twine that entwisteth between
- He twirls with his twister the two in a twine;
Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine
- He twisteth the twine he had twined in twain.
"The twine that in twining before in the twine,
- As twins were untwisted, he now doth untwine;
Twixt the twain intertwisting a twine more between,
- He, twirling his twister, makes twist of the twine.
In Return for a Brace of Birds.
(An impromptu.)
My thanks I'll no longer delay,
- For birds which you shot with such skill;
But though there was nothing to pay,
- Yet each of them brought in his bill.
I mean not, my friend, to complain,
- The matter was perfectly right.
But when bills such as these come again,
- I'll always accept them at sight.
Elegy by a Schoolboy.
How blest was I at Dobson's ball,
- The fiddlers come, my partner's chosen;
My oranges were five in all,
- Alas! — they were not half-a-dozen.
For soon a richer rival came,
- And soon the bargain was concluded;
My Peggy took him without shame.
- And left me hopeless and deluded.
To leave me for one orange.
- Could not your pockets full content ye?
What could ye do with all that store?
- He had but six — and five were plenty!
And mine were biggest, I protest,
- For some of his were only penny ones;
While mine were all the very best,
- And juicy, large — and sweet as any one's!
