His scapegrace nephew played this time last year

At Carnival! He could not choose, I think,

But modify that inconsiderate gift

O' the cup and cover (somewhere in the will

Under the pillow, some one seems to guess)

—Correct that clause in favor of a boy

The trifle ought to grace, with name engraved,

Would look so well, produced in future years

To pledge a memory, when poor papa

Latin and law are long since laid at rest—