Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.