For I the reins can handle true
Of pairs, of fours, and sixes too,
I promise, nay, my word engages
To give you poundage from my wages.
—I know you're gen'rous, kind and free,
But here you will accord with me,
That interest has a powerful weight
Both with the little and the great:
You see it well by what is past,
Since your fine plan is overcast.