And bring grammatic censure on my head.

Be, therefore, plural—"you" instead of "thou"—

Which makes things simpler. Now we can get on.

O fain-avoided and most loathsome Cold,

You with the sneezing, teasing, wheezing airs,

What make you here at such a time as this,

Melting my snowy store of handkerchiefs,

Rasping my throat and bringing aches to range

At large within the measure of my head?

Platoon-Commanders of the Volunteers,