On A Portrait Presented To J. Y. Simpson, M.D. (Afterwards Sir James Simpson) <br /> <br />Unto myself my better self you gave. <br />I give yourself yourself: but ah, my friend, <br />In how inverse a ratio! To amend <br />The unjust return these thanks are all I have, <br />Except a sigh, when that poor 'all' is o'er, <br />To feel, alas, no less your debtor than before.<br /><br />Sydney Thompson Dobell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epitaph-i/
