'Twixt Donkey-ster and Ass-cot's mighty little.
I've burnt my "books;" no horse again I'll back
(Racer or hack):
No more I'll hedge: and by the Grecian gods,
I'll not stand on the long odds.
With tens, and fives, and fours, and threes to one
I've done. I've done with saying "Done, done, done!"
My means no more I'll stake upon a Derby Day:
It's my last lay.
From this day forth for evermore,