3.
5.
To me, divine Apollo, grant—O!
Hermilda's[31] first and second canto,
I'm fitting up a new portmanteau;
6.
And thus to furnish decent lining,
My own and others' bays I'm twining,—
So, gentle Thurlow, throw me thine in.
June 2, 1813.
[First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 396.]