The gentle L—N, laureat volunteer, L—N on all occasions ever near, In Prologue, Eulogy, or Epitaph, Natal or nuptial hymn, to cry or laugh, For seven revolving years spruce 'prentice bound, To deal out cloth per yard, or plumbs per pound, The taste of each kind customer had hit With the bright tinsel of some level wit; Till from the counter rais'd to fill the chair, He had shone in city annals a lord-mayor.
