Mrs. Wordsworth sent this to Henry Crabb Robinson in 1837, "to show you that we can write an Epigram--we do not say a good one." Shethen quoted it, and added, "The Producer thinks it not amiss, as being murmured between sleep and awake over the fire, while thinking of you last night!"--Ed.
The Ball whizzed by,--it grazed his ear,
And whispered as it flew,
"I only touch--not take--don't fear,
For both, my honest Buccaneer!
Are to the Pillory due."
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, VOL. 8 (Completed)
PoetryThe Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. 8. Edited by William Knight
