For thou art our footguard, our hero, our lancer,
In the Weekly Dispatch of next week print thy answer—
Oh! print it, my jewel, and silence them all.
“AN IRISH GENTLEMAN, BRED AND BORN
“Somewhere in St. Giles’s, November 23, 1821.
“P.S.—If the money runs short, we will aise us
Of all our spare linen to help thee a bit;
Our stockings will fetch us but little, by Jasus!
But then we can raise a small sum by our wit!
Only say, my dear boy, if the ‘nonsense’ is wanted,