[L.] EPISTLE FROM LORD BORINGDON TO LORD GRANVILLE.
Published in Fugitive Verses, and thence included among Canning's works.
Oft you have ask'd me, Granville, why
Of late I heave the frequent sigh?
Why, moping, melancholy, low,
From supper, commons, wine, I go?
Why bows my mind, by care oppress'd,
By day no peace, by night no rest?
Hear, then, my friend, and ne'er you knew
A tale so tender, and so true—