1. He folded his arms and leaned upon
His beard in tufts that scarcely hide.

2. While people praise, reproach and chide,
Ungrateful still for favors granted!

3. I found your verse mid censures flung
From tongues whose shafts were feathered from your bow.

4. Are you the sayer? You have gone too far
In putridness! Or are you borrowing?