4. TO HIS BOOK

Make haste away, and let one be

A friendly patron unto thee;

Lest, rapt from hence, I see thee lie

Torn for the use of pastery;

Or see thy injured leaves serve well

To make loose gowns for mackarel;

Or see the grocers, in a trice,

Make hoods of thee to serve out spice.

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