Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.
By. Thomas HoodTo Minerva
From the Greek
M
I’m sick of Song, and Ode, and Ballad—
So Thyrsis, take the midnight oil,
And pour it on a lobster salad.
I cannot write a verse, or read,—
Then Pallas take away thine Owl,
And let us have a Lark instead.