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To Mr. Murray

Lord Byron·1788–1824
Lines:19Movement:Romanticism
TO hook the Reader, you, John Murray, Have published "Anjou's Margaret,"Which won't be sold off in a hurry (At least, it has not been as yet);And then, still further to bewilder him, Without remorse, you set up "Ilderim;" So mind you don't get into debt,--Because--as how--if you should fail,These books would be but baddish bail.And mind you do _not_ let escape These rhymes to _Morning Post_ or Perry,Which would be _very_ treacherous--_very_,And get me into such a scrape! For, firstly, I should have to sally, All in my little boat, against a _Galley_;And, should I chance to slay the Assyrian wight,Have next to combat with the female Knight:And pricked to death expire upon her needle,A sort of end which I should take indeed ill!