But this answer received from the sturdy old Grecian:—
“My friends, I declare
I have no cash to spare,
And for all your distresses one damn I dont care,
But then I’ll instruct you like me how to dine,
And make creditors pay for the banquet and wine.”
By this answer appalled, at the statesman they stared,
And then fell to bowing, beseeching, and coaxing,
But their time and their talking they well might have spared,
For old Sherry’s grand forte was cajoling and hoaxing.