When the Inspired Bard the Jury faced.

As he within the witness-box was placed.

He told us how his Pegasus would fly

From plain (two guineas) up to (ten) the sky!

But for the song he wrote for LOTTIE fair

We hope he was a-Lottie’d a large share

In all its earnings. May it not be long

Ere he produce another catching song;

But should he fail, then when the poet’s clay

Be laid to rest, it will suffice to say,