Since to the country first I came, <br />I have lost my former flame; <br />And, methinks, I not inherit, <br />As I did, my ravish'd spirit. <br />If I write a verse or two, <br />'Tis with very much ado; <br />In regard I want that wine <br />Which should conjure up a line. <br />Yet, though now of Muse bereft, <br />I have still the manners left <br />For to thank you, noble sir, <br />For those gifts you do confer <br />Upon him, who only can <br />Be in prose a grateful man.<br /><br />Robert Herrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sir-clipsby-crew/
