xiv To Stothard You all your youth observ'd the golden rule， Till you're at last become the golden fool： I sport with fortune， merry， blithe a...
xiii To Flaxman and Stothard I found them blind： I taught them how to see； And now they know neither themselves nor me. 'Tis excellent to turn a t...
xi To Flaxman I mock thee not， though I by thee am mockèd； Thou call'st me madman， but I call thee blockhead. To Nancy Flaxman How can I he...
x To Flaxman You call me mad， 'tis folly to do so， To seek to turn a madman to a foe. If you think as you speak， you are an ass； If you do not， yo...
ix My title as a genius thus is prov'd： Not prais'd by Hayley， nor by Flaxman lov'd....
viii On Hayley the Pickthank I write the rascal thanks， till he and I With thanks and compliments are quite drawn dry....
vii On Hayley's Friendship When H——y finds out what you cannot do， That is the very thing he'll set you to； If you break not your ...
vi To Hayley Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache： Do be my enemy —— for friendship's sake....
v On Hayley To forgive enemies H—— does pretend， Who never in his life forgave a friend， And when he could not act upon my wife Hired a vi...
iv Of Hayley's birth Of H——'s birth this was the happy lot： His mother on his father him begot....