To say the truth, I must acknowledge
’Tis long since I have quitted college:
Virgil and Horace are my friends,
I have them at my fingers’ ends.
But Grecian lore, I blush to own,
Is wholly to my mind unknown.
I therefore must your meaning seek:
Oblige me, sir, translate your Greek.
But see, the farce is now begun,
And you must listen to the fun,