To the Pretty Girl Who Lent Me a Candle
You gave me a candle, I give you my thanks,
And add as a compliment justly your due,
There isn’t a girl in the feminine ranks,
Who could—if she would—hold a candle to you.
Saxe.
On “Quodcunque Infundis Ascescit”
Nota bene—an Essay is printed to show
That Horace as clearly as words can express it
Was for taxing the fundholders ages ago