IX

He says I’m no use! but I won’t reply.
You’re lucky not being of use to him!
On week-days he’s playing at Spider and Fly,
And on Sundays he sings about Cherubim!
Nailing shillings to counters is his chief work:
He nods now and then at the name on his door:
But judge of us two, at a bow and a smirk,
I think I’m his match: and I’m honest—that’s more.