I painted him till dewy eve,—

There never was a nobler face!

"Oh, sir," I said, "a fortune grand

Is yours, by dint of merest chance,—

To sport his brow at second-hand,

To wear his cast-off countenance!

"To rub his eyes whene'er they ache—

To wear his baldness ere you're old—

To clean his teeth when you awake—

To blow his nose when you've a cold!"