This has been said to others, I’ve no doubt;
But Reader, be it far from you or me
To press the delicate analogy.[[2]]
[2]. The allusion is to the tribunal set up by Colbert to enquire into the peculations of the Financiers.
Love the Jealous
W. H. Davies
I praised the daisies on my lawn,
And then my lady mowed them down.
My garden stones, improved by moss,