'I shall buy a birch," said father—
Broken vows! He never did.
Grown extravagant, when youthful,
In my tailor's debt I ran;
He appear'd about as truthful
In his talk as any man.
Let me tell you how he sold me:
"Look you, Mr What's-Your-Name,
I shall summons you," he told me—
But the summons never came!