II.
“Now, what must you do these good wishes to gain,
And make us rejoice that we asked not in vain?
Well, a something ’twill be a great boon to obtain
To us who now ask—and a kindness most true
And most earnestly wished for—but to you
It will be what they tell us a victory is—
Quite easy to “Grant,” and we hope you’ll grant this.
III.
“We once (not long since) had a favourite here,