He who wrote this wrote it well;
The same is written on the gates of hell.
At one of Burns’ convivial dinners he was requested to say grace; whereupon he gave the following impromptu:—
Lord, we do thee humbly thank
For that we little merit.—
Now Jean may take the flesh away,
And Will bring in the spirit.
Refractory Rhyming.
When Canning was challenged to find a rhyme for Julianna, he immediately wrote,—
Walking in the shady grove