Of Rowley novels in an old chest hidden;

A little hoard of clever simulation,

That took the town—and Constable has bidden

Some hundred pounds for a continuation—

To keep and clothe thee in genteel starvation.

VI.

I liked thy Waverley—first of thy breeding;

I like its modest "sixty years ago,"

As if it was not meant for ages' reading.

I don't like Ivanhoe,