Lines——

I have been cherish’d and forgiven

By many tender-hearted,

’Twas for the sake of one in Heaven

Of him that is departed.

Because I bear my Father’s name

I am not quite despised,

My little legacy of fame

I’ve not yet realized.

And yet if you should praise myself

I’ll tell you, I had rather

You’d give your love to me, poor elf,

Your praise to my great father.

Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)