i I am no Homer's hero you all know； I profess not generosity to a foe. My generosity is to my friends， That for their friendship I may make amend...
ii Anger and wrath my bosom rends： I thought them the errors of friends. But all my limbs with warmth glow： I find them the errors of the foe....
iii If you play a game of chance， know， before you begin， If you are benevolent you will never win....
iv Of Hayley's birth Of H——'s birth this was the happy lot： His mother on his father him begot....
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...
vi To Hayley Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache： Do be my enemy —— for friendship's sake....
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 ...
viii On Hayley the Pickthank I write the rascal thanks， till he and I With thanks and compliments are quite drawn dry....
ix My title as a genius thus is prov'd： Not prais'd by Hayley， nor by Flaxman lov'd....
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...